Donald Trump calls Joe Biden’s official pardon of son Hunter ‘an abuse’ | BBC News

US President-elect Donald Trump has called Joe Biden’s decision to officially pardon his son Hunter “an abuse” and “a miscarriage of justice”.

The outgoing president made the decision despite previously saying that he wouldn’t interfere with the US justice department’s decisions.

Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to tax charges earlier in September, and was found guilty of being an illegal drug user in possession of a gun in June - becoming the first child of a sitting president to be a convicted of a crime.

In a statement, President Biden said his son had been "singled out”.

Hunter Biden said mistakes he made during the darkest days of his addiction had been "exploited to publicly humiliate and shame" his family.

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[jimbrown]

The only surprising thing here is the BBC has left the comments on.

[keyboardpatriot]

We have investigated ourselves and find ourselves not guilty.

[alexp]

Does the legal system exist just to keep "peasants" in check?

[cyrilgoodman]

All People are equal -just some more equal than the others.

[bom]

Presidential pardons should be unconstitutional. No one should be above the law.

[Aenwe]

He pardoned his own son for all potential crimes over 11 years, and BBC doing mental gymnastics to tie this to Trump somehow, instead of saying how morally bankrupt this is

[charliefoxtrot]

Hunter's Illegal acts weren't caused by political rivals. Hunter admitted in court he did those things.

[connor-]

A lot of news have been going on about a rally after the election, urging investors to watch out for stocks that would be experiencing significant growth. Any idea which stocks to put on my watchlist? I am looking at Nvidia, XRP, but i cant wrap my head around choosing one.

[radicaljohn]

He wouldn’t need a pardon if he was innocent.

[UbiquitousRomp]

No ones above the law they shouted over and over....

[americansupervillain]

Parents, if you keep bailing out your kids when they get into trouble, they will never learn to be responsible adults.

[zanesmith]

Nothing changes. The rich are never punished.

[Arwar]

Well that's " DEMOCRACY " 😂😂😂🎉

[tastyf]

And he we are in the Uk where people are being jailed for posting words online. The world is a sorry place, it needs huge change in Europe and America a new revolution.

[markgoddard]

It’s what we have come to expect from all politicians.

[tuffytoys]

! Anyone Who is Guilty and has a Court Case could Just Walk out of the court because the Process is So Flawed and a Clown show! The entire Justice System is now in Question!.

[MarianneSunshine]

Trump just appointed his daughters fathers in law who he pardoned in 2020.

[joermnyc]

Wasn’t there a SCOTUS case about omitting drug use on a gun form? Wasn’t that deemed unconstitutional? And yet Hunter was charged anyway?

[elitedavidhorne]

Lol. Trump isn't a position to complain about pardons. Paul Manafort, Stephen K Bannon, Roger Stone, Micheal Flynn and George Papadopoulos.

[sarogers]

Bruh, best believe a citizen that doesn't have a literal president as a father could never get those types of charges pardoned, what a joke