Following President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter Bidenseveral Republican lawmakers highlighted a post on X from earlier this year when the president had claimed, “No one is above the law.”
Reps. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Eli Crane, R-Ariz., both shared Biden’s post, saying, “Unless your last name is Biden.”
Senator Ted CruzR-Tx., tweeted: “This is aged like fine milk.”
Lawmakers Harshly Criticize Biden’s Decision to Pardon HUNTER: ‘LIAR’
President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden embrace on stage at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
“You have been lied to every step of the way by this administration and the corrupt Biden family. This is just the latest in their long cover-up plan. They never adhere to the same rules that they impose on everyone. Disgraceful,” said Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., stated in response to the old Biden tweet.
said in a statement Sunday President Biden noted that he had signed the pardon.
“From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I watched my son be selectively and unjustly prosecuted,” the president said. the statement.
BIDEN GIVEN SON HUNTERS BIDEN BEFORE EXIT FROM OVAL OFFICE
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, arrives at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building in Wilmington, Delaware on June 6, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The “full and unconditional pardon” that the president granted to Hunter covers “… crimes against the United States that he committed or may have committed or participated in during the period from January 1, 2014 to December 1 2024…,” the pardon said. .
President-elect Donald Trump sounded off in a post on Truth Social.
TRUMP ASKS ABOUT ‘J-6 HOSTAGES’ IN RESPONSE TO BIDEN’S PARDON OF HUNTER: ‘SUCH AN ABUSE’
Hunter Biden arrives at the Thomas P. O’Neil Jr. on February 28, 2024 in Washington, DC. House Office Building for closed-door testimony (Jemal Gravin/Getty Images for Congressional Integrity Project)
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“Does Joe’s pardon for Hunter include the J-6 hostages, who have been held captive for years now? What an abuse and miscarriage of justice!’ Trump stated.
