(The Center Square) \u2013 President-elect Donald Trump responded to President Joe Biden\u2019s expansive pardon of his son, Hunter, calling it a \u201cmiscarriage of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s comments were echoed by a wave of criticism following the Sunday night pardon. The president and his White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, both previously said Biden would not pardon his son.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Biden insisted many times he would never pardon his own son for his serious crimes,\u201d House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement. \u201cBut last night he suddenly granted a \u2018Full and Unconditional Pardon\u2019 for any and all offenses that Hunter committed for more than a decade!<\/p>\n
\u201cTrust in our justice system has been almost irreparably damaged by the Bidens and their use and abuse of it,\u201d he added. “Real reform cannot begin soon enough!\u201d<\/p>\n
Republicans have argued for years that Democrats weaponized the Justice Department against Trump. Republicans have pushed back, pointing to whistleblower reports and other evidence suggesting that Hunter received special treatment from the DOJ and helped lead an international Biden family business raking in money from entities in Ukraine, China and elsewhere.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years?\u201d Trump said in a statement. \u201cSuch an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!\u201d<\/p>\n
Biden also repeatedly bashed Trump, saying no one is above the law and leading Democrats in their campaign attacks against Trump with the refrain of \u201cno one is above the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI honestly don\u2019t care,\u201d Charlamagne said on the Breakfast Club show. “I just want Democrats to stop acting like they are on this moral high ground politically when they have shown us they’re not. You know, whether it’s skipping the primary process when Biden stepped down and things like Biden pardoning his son. Stop acting like y’all are the pure party and Republicans aren’t.”<\/p>\n
Biden released a statement Sunday announcing and preemptively defending his decision to broadly pardon Hunter and that the charges were “instigated” by the president’s political opponents in Congress.<\/p>\n