President-elect Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden for pardoning his son, suggesting it was even more controversial than Trump’s own plans to pardon people who rioted at the Capitol.
Biden announced clemency for his son on Sunday evening, reversing his prior vow not to pardon Hunter Biden and claiming he’d been unfairly targeted by the Justice Department.
Trump, who pardoned friends and political allies during his first term, called the Biden pardon an abuse of power in a statement on his social media website.
“Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!” Trump wrote.
More than 1,500 of Trump’s supporters have been charged with crimes for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, when they stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to stop Congress from certifying Trump’s election loss to Biden the previous November. More than 500 have been charged with assaulting or…
