WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) joined Fox News host John Roberts to discuss President Joe Biden’s unprecedented pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, and to refute the president’s allegations that his son’s prosecution was politically motivated. 

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Interview excerpts – 

Chairman Smith underscored how President Biden’s allegations of “political motivation” as it relates to his son’s prosecution do not stand up to scrutiny: “If Biden actually believed that his son’s prosecution was politicized by the Justice Department, then why has he not fired one employee at the Justice Department? Because if he believes that there’s corruption, if he believes that they’re unfairly targeting individuals, he has the authority to fire those prosecutors. Yet he hasn’t done that.”

Chairman Smith highlighted indisputable evidence provided by the IRS whistleblowers showing the Department of Justice’s prosecution was not politically motivated, but they in fact protected Hunter Biden for years: “I’ll tell you, the two IRS whistleblowers that came before our committee, what they shared with us and what they provided and what they showed that the Biden Justice Department did to delay their investigation, to divulge information to Hunter Biden’s lawyers. For example, they were going to do a search warrant of a storage unit in Virginia. And guess what? The Justice Department contacted Hunter Biden’s lawyers the day before to warn them that, in fact, they were doing this. This is not what everyday Americans experience.”

Chairman Smith shared the impact Hunter Biden’s pardon will have on Congress’ investigations into the Department of Justice, as well as how those investigations will help the work of incoming Trump Attorney General, Pam Bondi: “They have a huge job, and it’s super important. The good thing about Hunter Biden being pardoned, no longer can the Justice Department say no to members of Congress [or] congressional inquiries under the preface of there’s an ongoing investigation… we need this information to show exactly what corruption needs to be cleaned out by the Trump administration.”

Read more about the Ways and Means Committee’s investigation here.