The charges against Hunter Biden

Trump: "An abuse of the legal system"

Donald Trump reacts strongly to Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden. In an update on Truth Social, Trump writes that it is a "judicial murder".

Trump also wonders if the pardon includes "J-6 hostages", that is, people convicted of storming the Capitol. According to Trump, Biden's pardon is an abuse of the justice system.

Joe Biden turns around - pardons his son: "Judicial murder"

Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter Biden. That's what the outgoing president of the United States wrote in a statement last night.

Biden writes that he wrestled with the decision. Although he has repeatedly promised not to interfere in the work of the Department of Justice, he believes that Hunter Biden has been treated unfairly. Biden writes in his statement that his political enemies attacked the son to get at him.

"No reasonable person can look at the facts of Hunter's case and come to any conclusion other than that he was singled out because he is my son and that is wrong," Biden wrote.

Hunter Biden has been convicted of weapons offenses and pleaded guilty to tax crimes. The sentence was to be announced later in December.

In the statement, Joe Biden writes that he believes in the legal system but that "raw politics" interfered in the legal process and that it led to Hunter Biden being the victim of a judicial murder.

Dissatisfaction in both camps: "Putting family before America"

Joe Biden's pardon of son Hunter Biden provokes reactions among both Republicans and Democrats. The Wall Street Journal and The Hill have collected some reactions, which were mainly published on social media.

Republican Congressman James Comer writes in a post on X that Biden and his family "continue to do everything they can to avoid accountability," reports the WSJ.

Republican and Senator Chuck Grassley writes that he is shocked by Biden's pardon.

"Because he said many times he wouldn't and I believed him, shame on me," Grassley wrote on X, according to The Hill.

Even Democrats express skepticism. Colorado's Democratic governor, Jared Polis, thinks Biden is putting his family before the country. Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton writes on social media that he respects Biden, but:

“I think he was wrong in this case. This was not a politically motivated prosecution. Hunter committed crimes and was convicted by a jury of his peers.”