WASHINGTON — White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly claimed Monday that President Biden pardoned his son Hunter as a result of “war politics” prompted his prosecution on gun and tax fraud costs — whereas insisting the Justice Division is just not broadly politically biased, as President-elect Donald Trump claims.
Jean-Pierre fielded fiery questioning aboard Air Pressure One from journalists as Biden, 82, flew to Angola for an official go to following the Sunday night time pardon.
“The president took an action because of how politically infected these cases were,” Jean-Pierre advised incredulous members of the press pool.
A reporter pressed: “The system doesn’t get corrupted by politics for people whose name is not Biden?”
“You’re twisting and misrepresenting what I’m saying. I’m talking about a particular issue right now,” Jean-Pierre stated.
At one level, one other journalist requested, “Does the president believe now and agree with President-elect Trump that the justice system has been weaponized for political purposes and that it needs root and branch reform?”
“No. Read the president’s statement. Seriously, read the president’s statement. He said he believes in the Department of Justice. He does. He says it in his statement. He also believes that war politics infected the process and it led to a miscarriage of justice,” she stated.
In at-times tense exchanges, Jean-Pierre stated that Biden is just not in search of the resignation of Lawyer Common Merrick Garland, regardless of his management of the division throughout what Biden described as a political prosecution.
Earlier than issuing the pardon, each Biden and Jean-Pierre repeatedly claimed there can be no clemency for the primary son — arguing that it was necessary to respect the authorized system and bashing Trump for alleging that 4 prison instances introduced in opposition to him had been motivated by politics.
