Special Counsel David Weiss says president’s claims that his son was selectively prosecuted undermine rule of law.The special counsel who indicted United States President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has accused the outgoing president of undermining the justice system by claiming the prosecution was selective and unfair.
In his final report on the case released on Monday, Special Counsel David Weiss said the president’s claim that his son had been singled out for prosecution was “gratuitous and wrong”.
“Other presidents have pardoned family members, but in doing so, none have taken the occasion as an opportunity to malign the public servants at the Department of Justice based solely on false accusations,” Weiss said in the 280-page report.
Weiss, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate the younger Biden, said the decisions to prosecute the president’s son were the result of impartial investigations and calling them into question undermined the “very foundation of what makes America’s justice system fair and equitable”.
“It erodes public confidence in an institution that is essential to preserving the rule of law,” Weiss said. Advertisement
Weiss said that the prosecutions, far from being selective, were the “embodiment of the equal application of justice — no matter who you are, or what your last name is, you are subject to the same laws as everyone else in the United States”.
Under Justice Department regulations, special counsels submit a final report at the end of …
