Trump after Biden’s pardon of Hunter: “It is an abuse and a miscarriage of justice”

He pointed out Trump Biden’s decision represented a political exploitation of the justice system, and Trump questioned whether the pardon included what he described as the “hostages of January 6,” referring to those charged in the attack. Capitol In 2021

Trump said on the Truth Social platform: Does the pardon that Joe issued to Hunter include the J-6 hostages, who are now in prison for years? What abuse and failure of justice!

And it was Biden On Sunday, he announced the pardon of his son Hunter on gun and tax charges, despite his earlier promises not to use his extraordinary presidential powers to benefit members of his family.

Biden has previously stressed that he will not pardon… Hunter“, indicating that he will not reduce the sentence that the judiciary will impose on his son.

The Democratic president previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after being convicted in two cases in Delaware. And California.

Biden announced the signing earlier on Sunday Presidential pardon As for Hunter Biden, he justified the decision by saying it came in response to “politically motivated allegations.”

He added in the statement he issued The White House“Today I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere in the decision-making process.” Ministry of Justice“I kept my promise even as I saw my son being selectively and unfairly prosecuted.”

“Hunter was targeted just because he’s my son — and that’s wrong,” Biden said in a statement. “In trying to break Hunter, they tried to break me. Enough”.

For his part, Stephen Cheung, Trump’s spokesman, said in a statement obtained by NewsNation: “The prosecution’s failed actions against President Trump demonstrated that . . . Judicial system By the Ministry of Justice which controls democrats“.

“It needs to be fixed,” Cheung added Judicial system To ensure due process for all Americans, which President Trump will seek to achieve when he returns to the White House with a broad popular mandate.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board House of RepresentativesRepresentative James Comer attacked Biden’s decision, writing on the X platform that the president has “repeatedly lied about his family’s corrupt activities.”

Comer saw the pardon as contradicting his previous statements that he had not intervened on his son’s behalf.