“Republicans called President Joe Biden a ‘liar’ for pardoning his son, who was convicted on gun charges and pleaded guilty to tax fraud this summer,” Politico reports.
“The decision comes after the president said that he would ‘abide by the jury’s decision’ in an interview ahead of his son’s conviction in June, when Biden still topped the Democratic ticket.”
Said House Oversight Chairman James Comer, in a post on X: “Joe Biden has lied from start to finish. It’s unfortunate that, rather than come clean about their decades of wrongdoing, President Biden and his family continue to do everything they can to avoid accountability.”
Axios: House Republicans rage at Biden’s pardon of Hunter.
Playbook: “The more interesting reaction, frankly, has come from Democrats — who are split as to whether Biden was justified in sparing his son from potential Trump retribution or whether he committed a regrettable act of hypocrisy that further undermines governing norms and lowers the bar for condemning Trump’s own behavior.”
