Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is accusing President Biden of placing “his family ahead of the country” together with his pardon for Hunter Biden.
“While as a father I certainly understand President Joe Biden’s natural desire to help his son by pardoning him, I am disappointed that he put his family ahead of the country,” the Democrat wrote on X.
“This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation. When you become President, your role is Pater familias of the nation,” Polis continued, referencing a Latin time period for head of the family.
“Hunter brought the legal trouble he faced on himself, and one can sympathize with his struggles while also acknowledging that no one is above the law, not a President and not a President’s son,” Polis added.
LAWMAKERS HARSHLY CRITICIZE BIDEN’S DECISION TO PARDON HUNTER
President Joe Biden, from left, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Jared Polis, governor of Colorado, are seen through the Nationwide Governors Affiliation Winter Assembly within the East Room of the White Home in Washington, D.C., US, on Feb. 23. (Leigh Vogel/Bloomberg through Getty Photos)
Biden’s pardon of Hunter was introduced by the White Home on Sunday night time and comes after Hunter was convicted in two separate federal circumstances earlier this 12 months.
The pardon applies to offenses in opposition to the U.S. that Hunter Biden “has committed or may have committed” from Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2024.
HUNTER BIDEN SAYS HIS MISTAKES WERE ‘EXPLOITED’ FOR POLITICAL SPORT, HE WILL NEVER TAKE PARDON FOR GRANTED
President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden stroll in downtown Nantucket Mass. on Nov. 29. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” Biden wrote in an announcement. “From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.”
The president went on to assert that his son was “treated differently” by prosecutors.
Hunter Biden and his spouse Melissa Cohen Biden arrive for the studying of the decision in his trial on prison gun expenses, in Wilmington, Del., on June 11. (Reuters/Hannah Beier)
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“Without aggravating factors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchaser, people are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form,” Biden added. “Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but paid them back subsequently with interest and penalties, are typically given non-criminal resolutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently.”
