Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro slammed President Joe Biden on Sunday after the president announced that he is pardoning his son, Hunter, before he is set to be sentenced for gun and tax evasion crimes later this month.
Biden’s pardon of Hunter came after the president said multiple times earlier this year that he would not pardon Hunter if he was convicted. Shapiro said the extensive nature of Hunter’s pardon also takes President Biden “off the hook by proxy.”
“Tonight, we found out that [Hunter] was not only pardoned on the charges for which he ended up being criminally convicted or pleading guilty, he was actually pardoned with regard to anything he did between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024 — including but not limited to all offenses charged or prosecuted, including any that have resulted in convictions by special counsel David C. Weiss,” Shapiro…
