Hunter Biden Special Counsel Fires Back at President’s Claim That First Son Was ‘Selectively and Unfairly Prosecuted’

Special counsel David Weiss on Monday dismissed President Biden’s claim that his troubled son, Hunter Biden, was “selectively and unfairly prosecuted” for federal tax and gun crimes.

“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 a filing with the US District Court for the Central District of California, arguing that the judge overseeing Hunter’s tax case shouldn’t dismiss the indictment against the first son despite the president’s pardon.

“It also does not mean that his charges should be wiped away because the defendant falsely claimed that the charges were the result of some improper motive,” the special counsel added, noting that “no court has agreed with the defendant on these baseless claims, and his request to dismiss the indictment finds no support in the law or the practice of this district.”

Biden, 82, pardoned his disgraced 54-year-old son on Sunday on the basis that Hunter was “treated differently” by his own Justice Department.

“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,” the president wrote in his pardon announcement. (Read more from “Hunter Biden Special Counsel Fires Back at President’s Claim That First Son Was ‘Selectively and Unfairly Prosecuted’” HERE)

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