Republican senator says Trump should not pardon Hunter Biden
Ron Johnson said a pardon for Hunter Biden would create a 'dual system of justice'
By Chris Pandolfo Fox News
Published November 8, 2024 2:02pm EST
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., says President-elect Trump should not offer Hunter Biden a pardon after he pleaded guilty to federal tax charges in September.
"I don't think he should pardon Hunter," Johnson said in an interview on NewsNation's "Dan Abrams Live."
"I think we need to be very careful about having a dual system of justice where the powerful, or the sons and daughters of the powerful, get off scot-free," he said.
Johnson and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have spearheaded the Senate GOP's investigations into President Biden's son and allegations of corruption surrounding the Biden family. He has often criticized the Biden administration's Justice Department for purportedly treating Hunter's alleged crimes with kid gloves, all the while calling the various criminal investigations into Trump politically motivated.
While Johnson is opposed to letting Biden off the hook, he did suggest that Trump might commute or otherwise reduce the first son's sentence as a show of good will and effort to unify the country.
"I could see possibly commuting the sentence, reducing it, and it wouldn’t surprise me if President Trump would do that," he said. "I would not pardon Hunter. I would certainly not. I wouldn’t scream about commuting his sentence or reducing it in some way, shape or form."
Hunter was indicted on three felonies and six misdemeanor counts alleging he evaded paying at least $1.4 million in taxes while simultaneously spending money on "drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature, in short, everything but his taxes," according to the December 2023 indictment.
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