A federal judge in California threw out Hunter Biden’s tax case Tuesday, while critiquing the pardon issued by President Joe Biden (D) of his son.
Judge Mark C. Scarsi in the US District Court for the Central District of California took issue with Biden’s argument that his son’s prosecution was political and wrote he “assumes the pardon is effective” after the court was provided with a press release, rather than the pardon.
Other judges have rejected that argument he said, adding, “the President’s own Attorney General and Department of Justice personnel oversaw the investigation leading to the charges. In the ...
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