'Show your homework': Ex-CIA lawyer slams Hunter Biden counsel over 'weak defense'

14 January

In the release of the final report on the investigation into Hunter Biden Monday, Special Counsel Dave Weiss sharply criticized President Joe Biden's pardon of his son on gun and tax charges.

One former CIA lawyer then explained why he believes Weiss' defense is faulty.

Reuters DC reporter Brad Heath reported:

Special Counsel Weiss says he 'prosecuted the two cases against Mr. Biden because he broke the law.'

Weiss is critical of Biden's pardon of his son. '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 accuses Biden of 'injecting partisanship' into the probe of his son. 'Far from selective, these prosecutions 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.'

Heath continued:

The special counsel says 'politicians who attack the decisions of career prosecutors as politically motivated when they disagree with the outcome of a case undermine the public's confidence in our criminal justice system.

Weiss - who is speaking for DOJ here - says the President's remarks about his son's case 'are incorrect based on the facts in this case, and, on a more fundamental level, they are wrong.'

And in a conclusion that is certain to frustrate almost everyone, the special counsel says that because President Biden pardoned his son, it would be 'inappropriate' to discuss whether his investigation turned up anything else that he thought should or should not have resulted in more charges.

Greer replied: "This is a pretty weak defense from Weiss. A judge denying a selective & vindictive prosecution claim means nothing. The bar is very high, and those motions are never granted. If he's right, it should be easy to point to other defendants who were treated similarly. Weiss' 27 page report says nothing."

Greer continued, "Of course, it would have been much better if Biden's pardon statement had explained why Hunter was treated so differently than other similarly-situated defendants in tax and gun license cases. That was pretty stupid too. Show your homework people."

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