In a 27-page report special Counsel David Weiss had stern criticism for President Joe Biden. In December, while gifting his son Hunter Biden a sweeping pardon, President Biden chastised the criminal prosecutions against his son. Despite Hunter’s guilty plea, Biden claimed:
“I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” the president said. “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.”
Weiss condemned Biden’s attacks as “vindictive” and “selective” in the report published Monday night.
“Other presidents have pardoned family members, but in doing so, none have taken the occasion as an opportunity to malign the public servants at the Department of Justice based solely on false accusations,” Weiss wrote.
“I prosecuted the two cases against Mr. Biden because he broke the law,” he added. “A unanimous jury — who found Mr. Biden guilty of gun charges — and Mr. Biden himself — who pleaded guilty to tax offenses — agreed.”
“These prosecutions were the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics,” Weiss said. “Eight judges across numerous courts have rejected claims that they were the result of selective or vindictive motives.”
Hunter Biden had previously been convicted of three felony gun crimes by a Delaware jury in June and pled guilty to tax charges in a prelude to a pardon.
“Far from selective, these prosecutions were the embodiment of the equal application of justice — no matter who you are, or what your last name is, you are subject to the same laws as everyone else in the Untied States,” Weiss wrote.
The Special Counsel that wasn’t supposed to need special counsel authority, David Weiss, calls Joe Biden’s comments attacking the prosecution of Hunter Biden “gratuitous and wrong.”
The Special Counsel that wasn't supposed to need special counsel authority, David Weiss, calls Joe Biden's comments attacking the prosecution of Hunter Biden "gratuitous and wrong."
Weiss adds that while "[o]ther presidents have pardoned family members…none have taken the… pic.twitter.com/A7zAETb3SV
— Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) January 13, 2025
What a pair of criminals.