Rep. Greg Stanton criticized President Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter, on federal fees, with the Arizona Democrat saying he “got this one wrong.”
“This wasn’t a politically-motivated prosecution. Hunter committed felonies, and was convicted by a jury of his peers,” Stanton wrote in a publish on X in response to President Biden’s pardon announcement late Sunday.
Stanton, who was one in all many Democrats who known as for Biden to withdraw from the 2024 race, is just not the one Democrat criticizing Biden’s transfer.
“While as a father I certainly understand President @JoeBiden ’s natural desire to help his son by pardoning him, I am disappointed that he put his family ahead of the country,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) mentioned on X on Sunday. “This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation.”
In June, Hunter Biden, 54, was discovered responsible in a federal case on three felony fees over his buy and possession of a gun in 2018, violating the legislation by concealing drug use. He was set to face sentencing in his federal gun case on Wednesday.
In September, Hunter Biden pleaded responsible to 9 federal tax fees, avoiding a trial.
President Biden and his crew initially emphasised that there have been no plans to pardon Hunter, with White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre saying two days after President-elect Trump’s victory that the reply was nonetheless “no” when requested a few attainable pardon.
Biden, nonetheless, argued late Sunday that the fees in opposition to his son have been politically motivated.
“There has been an effort to break Hunter — who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution,” he mentioned in a press release. “In trying to break Hunter, they’ve tried to break me — and there’s no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough.”
