Home Republicans have branded Joe Biden a “liar” for pardoning his son Hunter. Following his shock transfer on Sunday, GOP lawmakers criticised the president for breaking his promise to not intervene within the 54-year-old’s prison lawsuits. President-elect Donald Trump referred to as the total and unconditional pardon of Hunter, who was convicted of a number of felony expenses, a “miscarriage of justice.”
Republicans fume at Joe Biden for pardoning son Hunter
Republicans, together with the longer term president, swiftly referred to as out Biden after he pardoned Hunter of all “offenses in opposition to the USA which he has dedicated or could have dedicated or taken half in through the interval from January 1, 2014 by way of December 1, 2024.” (Learn Extra: What have been the fees in opposition to Hunter Biden earlier than the presidential pardon?)
Within the wake of the pardon, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene issued a scathing assertion in opposition to Biden and his son on X, previously Twitter. “Hunter Biden broke gun legal guidelines, he broke the FARA Act, and worst of all, he broke the Mann Act by intercourse trafficking girls throughout the nation. This pardon is Joe Biden’s admission that Hunter is a prison.”
Branding Biden a “liar and a hypocrite, all the best way to the tip,” Greene added, “Biden tried to throw President Trump’s sons in jail, however he lets his son off free although he’s a convict. His FBI and DOJ raided Barron’s bed room and Melania’s closet at Mar-a-Lago.” Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley echoed related sentiments, tweeting, “I’m shocked Pres Biden pardoned his son Hunter bc he mentioned many many occasions he wouldn’t & I believed him Disgrace on me.”
Rep. James Comer additionally issued an announcement on Hunter’s pardoning that reads, “Joe Biden has lied from begin to end about his household’s corrupt affect peddling actions. Not solely has he falsely claimed that he by no means met along with his son’s international enterprise associates and that his son did nothing mistaken, however he additionally lied when he mentioned he wouldn’t pardon Hunter Biden.”
“The costs Hunter confronted have been simply the tip of the iceberg within the blatant corruption that President Biden and the Biden Crime Household have lied about to the American folks. It’s unlucky that, reasonably than come clear about their many years of wrongdoing, President Biden and his household proceed to do every part they’ll to keep away from accountability,” the chair of the Home Oversight Committee added.
Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs slammed the youthful Biden as “a prison,” including that his father “will go down as one of the vital corrupt presidents in American historical past.” The criticism of Biden’s pardoning of his son was not restricted to Republicans as Democratic Governor of Colorado Jared Polis mentioned, “Whereas as a father I definitely perceive President@JoeBiden’s pure want to assist his son by pardoning him, I’m disillusioned that he put his household forward of the nation.”
“It is a dangerous precedent that could possibly be abused by later Presidents and can sadly tarnish his status. Whenever you turn into President, your position is Pater familias of the nation. Hunter introduced the authorized hassle he confronted on himself, and one can sympathize along with his struggles whereas additionally acknowledging that nobody is above the legislation, not a President and never a President’s son,” Polis added.
