Judge Ends Hunter Biden Tax Case, Calls Out Biden for Misleading Pardon

Joe Biden’s pardon for Hunter Biden might’ve closed the tax case, but it didn’t stop Judge Mark Scarsi from calling him out.

In his dismissal, Scarsi called the Biden’s announcement “misleading.”

He even pointed out that by Hunter’s own admission his tax evasion wasn’t linked to addiction.

This is contrary to Joe’s claims.

The judge also raised eyebrows at the wording of the pardon. It seemed like a very broad and sweeping pardon.

Judge Mark Scarsi overseeing Hunter Biden tax case blasts President Biden for pardonhttps://t.co/zvCdXNjhnh pic.twitter.com/W18YdXyhEh

— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) December 4, 2024

Washington Examiner reports:

A judge terminated Hunter Biden‘s tax case on Tuesday in response to President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, but not before harshly criticizing the president’s announcement about the clemency as misleading.

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Judge Mark Scarsi wrote in a five-page order that “representations contained” in Joe Biden’s press release about the pardon “stand in tension with the case record.”

The judge said he also disapproved of the president’s announcement because it disparaged a wide range of public officials, and he said the pardon itself improperly covered hours’ worth of future conduct.

“The President asserts that Mr. Biden ‘was treated differently’ from others ‘who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions,’ implying that Mr. Biden was among those individuals who untimely paid taxes due to addiction,” Scarsi wrote. “But he is not.”

Hunter Biden pleaded guilty in September to nine tax charges, and as part of his plea, the first son admitted that every accusation made by special counsel David Weiss in his indictment was true, including that he committed tax crimes while he was sober.

In the indictment and court filings, Hunter Biden vowed that he became sober by May 2019 but that he still evaded taxes and failed to pay his unpaid taxes from 2016, 2017, and 2018 until well into 2020. Hunter Biden admitted that in 2020, he was still spending “large sums to maintain his lifestyle” while neglecting his outstanding taxes.

JUST IN: Judge Scarsi trashes President Biden’s pardon for his son and the letter justifying it — saying it’s an attempt to rewrite history and impugns judges and DOJ personnel from his own administration. pic.twitter.com/YmHRK8S9mp

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 4, 2024

The Hill adds:

President Biden asserted in the statement that “no reasonable person who looks at the facts of (Hunter Biden’s) case can reach any other conclusion than (Hunter Biden) was singled out because he is (the president’s) son.” But Scarsi, a Trump appointee, notes that two federal judges “expressly rejected” the younger Biden’s legal arguments that he was unfairly prosecuted.

“The President’s own Attorney General and Department of Justice personnel oversaw the investigation leading to the charges,” Scarsi wrote. “In the President’s estimation, this legion of federal civil servants, the undersigned included, are unreasonable people.”

Scarsi further castigated President Biden for claiming his son “was treated differently” than others who paid their taxes late due to addiction, when in his guilty plea, Hunter Biden admitted he engaged in tax evasion after he regained sobriety.

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“In short, a press release is not a pardon,” Scarsi wrote of the statement released by the White House Sunday night from Biden announcing the pardon. “The Constitution provides the President with broad authority to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, but nowhere does the Constitution give the President the authority to rewrite history.”

The judge said he would dispose of the case once he receives the official pardon from “the appropriate executive agency.” Meanwhile, he vacated Hunter Biden’s sentencing, which was scheduled for Dec. 16.

Here’s more of the documents:

Judge Scarsi in CA dismisses Hunter Biden charges — but takes President Biden to task. “Two federal judges expressly rejected Mr. Biden's arguments that the Government prosecuted Mr. Biden because of his familial relation. And the President's own…DOJ oversaw the investigation” pic.twitter.com/vtrr7tJM5r

— Matt Viser (@mviser) December 4, 2024

“The president’s own attorney general and Department of Justice oversaw the investigation leading to the charges,” Judge Scarsi wrote. “In the president’s estimation, the legion of federal civil servants, the undersigned included, are unreasonable people.” https://t.co/mF9lAmKMri

— Jim Teater (@jimteater) December 4, 2024