A second Senate Democrat has criticized Hunter Biden’s latest pardon by his father, President Biden.
“President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter is, as the action of a loving father, understandable—but as the action of our nation’s Chief Executive, unwise,” Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) stated Monday in a submit on the social platform X.
The president introduced Sunday that he had pardoned his son, arguing Hunter Biden had been prosecuted for political causes. Hunter Biden confronted three felony expenses on his buy and possession of a gun in 2018.
“No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son – and that is wrong,” President Biden stated.
Republicans decried the choice to pardon Hunter Biden, with Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) referring to it as abusing the justice system.
“President Biden insisted many times he would never pardon his own son for his serious crimes,” Johnson stated on X Monday. “But last night he suddenly granted a ‘Full and Unconditional Pardon’ for any and all offenses that Hunter committed for more than a decade! Trust in our justice system has been almost irreparably damaged by the Bidens and their use and abuse of it.”
Republicans haven’t been the one ones expressing their displeasure with the president’s motion on his son’s pardon.
Two Colorado Democrats, Gov. Jared Polis and Sen. Michael Bennet, had been additionally crucial of the pardon.
“President Biden’s decision put personal interest ahead of duty and further erodes Americans’ faith that the justice system is fair and equal for all,” Bennet stated on X Monday.
The White Home has defended Hunter Biden’s pardon, with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre telling reporters on Air Drive One which the president’s resolution took place attributable to him considering President-elect Trump wouldn’t quit on the prosecution of his son within the subsequent administration.
“One of the reasons the president did the pardon is because it didn’t seem like his political opponents would let go of it, it didn’t seem like they would move on. And so, this is why this president took this action,” Jean-Pierre stated.
The Hill has reached out to the White Home for additional remark.
