Donald Trump signaled Sunday night that he intends to use Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter for his own benefit, linking it to his own potential and controversial pardon of the Jan. 6 defendants.
‘Does the pardon granted by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 hostages, who have been imprisoned for years? What an abuse and miscarriage of justice! Trump wrote, in his first public comment since Biden announced the pardon on Sunday.
This came shortly after Fox News commentator Charlie Hurt made the link.
“I think I should at least commute the sentences of all of them and forgive everyone who was obviously following the person in front of them wandering around the capital,” he said. saying.
‘Forgive each and every one of them. There were some who did more than that. And I think I should commute their sentences and let them all out! Each one of them,’ he stated.
According to the Department of Justice, 140 police officers were isolated during the attack on the Capitol, including 80 officers from the US Capitol Police and 60 from the DC Metropolitan Police Department.
Trump repeatedly raised the idea of pardons during his campaign. His new pick to head the FBI, Kash Patel, has also taken up the cause of the January 6 defendants. He also performed ‘Justice for All,’ a rendition of the national anthem sung by the January 6 defendants, at campaign rallies.
More than 1,200 people have been indicted on charges related to January 6. Many fought with police officers. Others were accused of interfering with an official procedure on a day when Congress met to certify the electoral votes that made Joe Biden president.
Trump sees Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter as a symptom of a broken justice system politicized by the liberal left, but did not directly criticize the president for the move.
Biden made the shocking announcement Sunday night that he would grant a presidential pardon to his troubled son, calling his prosecution “selective” and “unfair.”
Donald Trump sees Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter as a symptom of a broken justice system politicized by the liberal left, but did not directly criticize the president for the move.
In a statement, a Trump spokesperson criticized what they called the Democratic-controlled justice system, but did not appear to disagree with the decision.
“The failed witch hunt against President Trump has shown that the Democrat-controlled Department of Justice and other radical prosecutors are guilty of weaponizing the justice system,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung told DailyMail.com.
“That justice system must be fixed and due process restored for all Americans, which is exactly what President Trump will do when he returns to the White House with an overwhelming mandate from the American people.”
However, on Truth Social, he seemed a little angrier, questioning whether the same courtesy would be given to those accused for their actions at the Capitol on January 6.
He wrote: ‘Does Joe’s pardon for Hunter include the J-6 hostages, who have been imprisoned for years? What an abuse and miscarriage of justice!
The president-elect’s attitude toward Hunter has been somewhat softer than many expected, given how hard Trump has hit Biden over his son’s weaknesses over the years.
Biden made the shocking announcement Sunday night that he would grant a presidential pardon for his troubled son, calling his prosecution “selective” and “unfair.”
In October, Trump, who granted a series of pardons during his four years in office and on his way out the door in January 2021, weighed in on the issue of Hunter Biden’s pardon, with a response that surprised many.
Asked by radio host Hugh Hewitt last month if he would consider pardoning Hunter Biden, Trump said, “I wouldn’t take him off the books.”
‘Look, unlike Joe Biden, despite what they’ve done to me, despite what they’ve done to me so brutally, despite what, and Hunter is a bad boy, there’s no doubt about it, he’s been a bad boy.
“But I think it’s very bad for our country,” Trump said of what he sees as politically motivated prosecutions and punishments that he compares to his own experience.