Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after President Biden issued a full and unconditional pardon after previously stating “I will not pardon him,” for crimes over a ten-year period committed by his son Hunter Biden who was charged and convicted of illegal possession of a firearm and tax evasion:

“The same President Biden who unequivocally said in June he would abide by the jury’s decision in his son Hunter Biden’s case and would not pardon him regardless of the outcome has now reversed course and given his son a get out of jail free card. This comes after years of the Biden Administration doing everything it could to impede the investigation into the Biden Family’s influence peddling schemes. In fact, Hunter Biden, according to documents released by IRS whistleblowers, predicted this ‘stuff’ would go away once his dad became President. Well, today we see exactly what that looks like when one business partner in Joe Biden takes care of another in Hunter Biden to protect the family business. Today’s pardon is just the latest in a string of efforts by the Biden Administration to cover up and dismiss the years of criminal activity committed by the Biden family of which evidence has shown President Biden was not only aware but clearly complicit. 

“After four years of political scolding about attempts to undermine the rule of law, President Biden has shown just how empty Democrats’ rhetoric truly is – overruling federal convictions of six felonies and six misdemeanors to protect his son’s crimes and breaking his promise to the American people. Thankfully, this decision cannot and will not undermine or coverup the mountain of evidence – much of which was provided by brave IRS whistleblowers to the Ways and Means Committee – that has shown the level of corruption committed in a blatant attempt to trade on the name and power of political office to enrich the Biden family.”

READ: Investigation Into Biden Family Influence Peddling Scheme