Hunter Biden prosecutor pushes back on president’s politicization claim
On Monday, the office of special counsel David Weiss seemed to deny President Joe Biden's assertion that its indictments of Hunter Biden were politically motivated, referring to the accusations as "baseless."
Weiss pointed out that several judges had already rejected the younger Biden's accusations of vindictive prosecution in a court brief contesting his plea to have the California case against him dismissed in light of his father's pardon on Sunday night.
"I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted," the president said in a statement announcing the "full and unconditional" pardon, alluding to Weiss's cases that resulted in a guilty verdict on gun-related charges in Delaware and Hunter Biden's guilty plea on tax and fraud charges in California.
"I believe in the jus...