Special Counsel David Weiss' final report on the Hunter Biden investigation refutes President Biden's claims of political interference, stating that the probe was conducted impartially. The report concludes a yearslong investigation that yielded two convictions against Hunter Biden, later pardoned by his father. Weiss asserts that the pardon prevented him from pursuing additional charges.
President Biden issued a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden , stating that he was 'selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted' due to political influence in his gun and tax convictions. Special counsel David Weiss refuted President Joe Biden 's assertion, maintaining that his investigation was not tainted by 'raw politics' in his final report on Hunter Biden , released on Monday by the Justice Department .
Weiss's work culminated in two separate criminal convictions of Hunter Biden, which his father subsequently pardoned in early December, just weeks before Election Day. In July 2024, Weiss's office secured a guilty verdict from a Delaware jury on three felony gun charges against Hunter Biden. Months later, on the eve of trial, Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to numerous tax crimes, including six felonies. Weiss's report, encompassing 27 pages plus hundreds of pages of public filings, concluded a yearslong and politically charged investigation that persistently fueled President Biden's political opponents in Congress and beyond. Weiss's prosecutors scrutinized Hunter Biden's history of drug and alcohol abuse, his controversial foreign business dealings, and his acquisition of a firearm in 2018.When President Biden pardoned Hunter Biden in early December, he claimed that 'raw politics has infected' the investigation into his son. 'No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter's cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son -- and that is wrong,' Biden wrote. 'Other presidents have pardoned family members, but in doing so, none have taken the occasion as an opportunity to malign the public servants at the Department of Justice based solely on false accusations,' Weiss wrote. 'Eight judges across numerous courts have rejected claims that they were the result of selective or vindictive motives,' Weiss wrote. 'Calling those rulings into question and injecting partisanship into the independent administration of the law undermines the very foundation of what makes America's justice system fair and equitable. It erodes public confidence in an institution that is essential to preserving the rule of law.' 'These prosecutions were the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics. Eight judges across numerous courts have rejected claims that they were the result of selective or vindictive motives. Calling those rulings into question and injecting partisanship into the independent administration of the law undermines the very foundation of what makes America's justice system fair and equitable. It erodes public confidence in an institution that is essential to preserving the rule of law,' wrote Weiss. 'These baseless accusations have no merit and repeating them threatens the integrity of the justice system as a whole.' Weiss states that due to the pardon, he was prevented from making 'additional charging decisions' regarding Hunter Biden's 'conduct over an 11-year span,' suggesting the possibility of further cases against the president's son. However, because of the pardon, 'it would thus be inappropriate to discuss whether additional charges are warranted,' he wrote. Hunter Biden's legal team asserted they were not afforded the opportunity to review Weiss' report prior to its release. Federal investigators initiated an inquiry into the younger Biden's taxes in 2018, preceding his father's successful presidential campaign. This probe subsequently expanded to encompass scrutiny of his overseas business dealings in China, Ukraine, and other countries, as previously reported by ABC News. In the summer of 2023, prosecutors within Weiss' office reached a plea agreement with Hunter Biden that would have allowed him to plead guilty to two tax-related misdemeanors and avoid prosecution on one felony gun charge. However, under questioning by a federal judge -- and within months, Weiss secured special counsel status from Attorney General Merrick Garland and filed charges in both cases. Throughout his investigation, Weiss emerged as an individual who garnered scrutiny from both sides of the political spectrum. Republicans aligned with Donald Trump accused him of failing to bring forth more serious and substantial charges against the Biden family, while Democrats argued that a GOP-led pressure campaign influenced Weiss' prosecutorial decisions. Sentencing in both cases was scheduled to occur just weeks after President Biden issued his pardon, with Hunter Biden facing the possibility of years in prison and over a million dollars in fines.
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