Special counsel denies President unfairly targeted son’s legal case

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Special counsel David Weiss strongly refuted President Biden’s recent assertions about his son Hunter’s prosecution, maintaining that the legal proceedings against the younger Biden were neither selective nor unfair.

In a detailed court filing to the US District Court for the Central District of California, Weiss acknowledged Hunter’s presidential pardon but argued that it shouldn’t nullify the grand jury’s initial indictment. He emphasized that receiving clemency doesn’t warrant dismissing the charges entirely.

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“The Government does not challenge that the defendant has been the recipient of an act of mercy. But that does not mean the grand jury’s decision to charge him, based on a finding of probable cause, should be wiped away as if it never occurred,” Weiss wrote in his filing.

The special counsel’s response came after President Biden, 82, granted his 54-year-old son a presidential pardon, claiming the Justice Department had unfairly targeted Hunter. The president defended his decision, stating, “From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.”

Biden further declared, “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.”

Weiss’s filing referenced previous court decisions that rejected Hunter’s claims of selective prosecution. US District Judge Maryellen Noreika had previously dismissed similar arguments, pointing out the inherent contradiction in Hunter’s position.

David Weiss is the attorney who came up with the backdoor plea deal to give Hunter Biden immunity.

Weiss indicted Hunter on the one charge that cannot be connected to his father.

It’s clear that Weiss has been covering for the Biden crime family for years.

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“The Executive Branch that charged Defendant is headed by that sitting President – Defendant’s father,” Norieka wrote. “The Attorney General heading the DOJ was appointed by and reports to Defendant’s father. And that Attorney General appointed the Special Counsel who made the challenged charging decision in this case – while Defendant’s father was still the sitting President.”

The cases against Hunter involved nine counts of unpaid taxes totaling $1.4 million and three federal gun charges related to firearm possession while struggling with drug addiction. Prior to the pardon, Hunter had been scheduled for sentencing in mid-December for both cases.