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Former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh (Ill.) ripped President Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter, calling it "utter bulls‑‑‑" and “stupidly selfish.”
“This is utter bulls‑‑‑, just plain wrong, & stupidly selfish,” Walsh posted on X on Sunday evening. “Shame on you @POTUS, you’ve given Trump license now to dole out favors to his family & wealthy friends. And when he does, you’ve given his supporters the opportunity to say ‘everyone does it.’”
“And btw Biden, you lied,” Walsh added, referencing Biden’s previous claims that he was not going to issue the pardon.
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The pardon clears Hunter Biden in both of his federal cases. In June, he was found guilty on three felony charges over his purchase and possession of a gun in 2018, violating the law by concealing drug use. He also avoided a trial after pleading guilty in September to nine federal tax charges.
Walsh also slammed President Biden’s decision during a Sunday night appearance on MSNBC, calling the pardon “just deflating.”
“'I told you so. They’re all like that,'” Walsh said when asked about the likely response from Capitol Hill.
“'Nobody’s above the law,' we’ve been screaming. Well, Joe Biden just made clear his son Hunter is above the law,” he added. “'Donald Trump lies every time he opens his mouth,' we’ve been screaming. Joe Biden repeatedly lied about this. 'The politicization of the justice system,' Donald Trump and his people have been screaming. That’s exactly what Biden said here."
Hunter Biden, 54, was set to face sentencing in the gun case Wednesday.
“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 said in a statement announcing the pardon.