The presidential pardon of Hunter Biden underscores the corruption of the Biden-Harris Justice Department and leaves unanswered questions about the depth of the president’s son’s crimes, Republican members of Congress say.
“While the FBI intentionally covered up 17 audio recordings of Joe and Hunter Biden to shield them from accountability, it showed no remorse in weaponizing law enforcement against Catholic Americans or those who are pro-life and pro-family,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told The Daily Signal. “This is blatant corruption.”
President Joe Biden issued a pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, the White House announced Sunday evening. The president claimed that the charges against his son were brought selectively and unfairly.
“President Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter, proves there are two tiers of justice in Biden’s America, and it doesn’t change the fact that the American people deserve to know if the sitting president was involved in his son’s crimes—including the Biden-Burisma bribery scandal,” Blackburn said.
Hunter Biden allegedly used his father’s vice presidency to secure deals in Ukraine while on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, despite his lack of relevant experience in the energy industry.
A Delaware jury convicted Hunter Biden of three felony gun charges in June, and in September, Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to nine tax offenses in Los Angeles federal court. But Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, thinks Hunter’s crimes are more serious than those, Lee’s communications director, Billy Gribbin, told The Daily Signal.
“Joe Biden’s outrageous 11-year pardon for all of Hunter’s possible crimes shows he’s worried that his family’s foreign influence-peddling for ’the big guy’ could come back to bite him,” Gribbin said. “Sen. Lee believes the American people deserve the truth about this entire situation, whatever it may be, and looks forward to Hunter Biden answering questions about it, now that he is immune from prosecution.”
“This goes far deeper than Hunter’s drug and gun crimes, and everyone knows it,” Gribbin added.
Biden and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on several occasions that the president would not pardon Hunter before announcing that he had reversed his position.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said while he too would have pardoned his son, it was wrong for the president to lie about it.
“Don’t lie to the American people because it’s not becoming to the president of the United States,” Tuberville said.
“This has been a tough time for our country, having a family like this involved in all things they’ve been involved in,” the Alabama lawmaker said, adding that more will come out “that’s gonna be very unbecoming to this administration” in the near future.
“Despite repeated promises that he would not pardon Hunter Biden, President Biden issued an 11-year blanket pardon that was stunning in its scope,” Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., told The Daily Signal.
“This action sadly exposes the two-tiered justice system created by the Biden administration for all of America to see,” Huizenga added. “If you are politically connected or aligned with the ‘Biden Brand,’ there is a different set of rules than [for] the rest of Americans.”
Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, said the Biden administration has unequally applied the law to friends and enemies.
“Joe Biden has continued to weaponize the justice system in favor of his allies, family, and those who kowtow to the regime,” Cloud said. “However, those who disagree with him politically—like President Trump, pro-lifers, and people of faith—have faced the wrath of this weaponized system of justice.”
