Tue Dec 3, 2024 AT 10:09 AM EST
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday rebuked President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter, criticizing the president’s move Sunday to grant him clemency despite previously promising not to do so.
“Last night [Biden] suddenly granted a ‘Full and Unconditional Pardon’ for any and all offenses that Hunter committed for more than a decade! Trust in our justice system has been almost irreparably damaged by the Bidens and their use and abuse of it,” Johnson posted on X.
A host of members of the president’s own party, including multiple Senate Democrats, have joined Republicans in slamming the pardon. Read Full Story