WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice on Monday launched a ultimate report from the particular counsel who charged Hunter Biden with gun and tax crimes earlier than President Joe Biden pardoned his final surviving son.
In the report, Special Counsel David Weiss stated that the president couldn’t “rewrite historical past,” suggesting that Biden’s criticism of the case towards his son when saying his pardon choice had maligned “the general public servants on the Department of Justice primarily based solely on false accusations.”
Biden described the prosecution of his son as a “miscarriage of justice” within the official White House assertion saying the pardon, which prosecutors working for Weiss disputed in a later court docket submitting.
“Politicians who assault the choices of profession prosecutors as politically motivated once they disagree with the end result of a case undermine the general public’s confidence in our felony justice system,” Weiss wrote. “The President’s statements unfairly impugn the integrity not solely of Department of Justice personnel, however the entire public servants making these tough selections in good religion.”
Biden pardoned his son in early December, not lengthy earlier than the youthful Biden was anticipated to be sentenced in connection along with his conviction for violating a statute rarely used by federal prosecutors, which makes it illegal for drug customers to own weapons. Biden had repeatedly stated throughout the 2024 marketing campaign, together with after he dropped out of the race over the summer time, that he wouldn’t pardon his son.
Weiss, who had bipartisan assist when he was named U.S. legal professional in Delaware throughout President Donald Trump’s first time period, stayed on on the Justice Department firstly of the Biden administration. He was later appointed particular counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2023.
The Justice Department is also expected to issue a report on Jack Smith’s particular counsel investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in energy after he misplaced the 2020 presidential election.
