Hunter prosecution fallout pushed Biden to say he ‘should never have picked Garland’: Book
By
Ross O'Keefe
October 8, 2024 2:53 pm
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Investigative journalist Bob Woodward wrote in his new book War that President Joe Biden regretted the choice of Merrick Garland for attorney general as his son Hunter Biden was being prosecuted on gun charges and financial crimes.
The president appointed Garland to be his attorney general as he took office. The move was viewed as a long-awaited promotion for Garland, given he had been passed up multiple times for Supreme Court spots.
“Should never have picked Garland,” Joe Biden told an associate, according to Woodward. “This is never going to f***ing go away,” he said.
Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is involved in two separate criminal cases. One is his financial crimes case in California, which involved nine charges alleging he forged tax returns and failed to pay taxes, that he has since pleaded guilty to. He initially wanted to enter an Alford plea, which means he would plead guilty but maintain his innocence, but the prosecution refused. He then entered an open plea, which means he agreed to admit he committed “every element of every crime.”
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