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Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith discussed President Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, in an interview with Fox News host John Roberts. Smith challenged the president's claims that the prosecution was politically motivated.

Chairman Smith questioned the president's actions regarding alleged politicization: "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."

Smith also referred to evidence from IRS whistleblowers suggesting that the Department of Justice protected Hunter Biden: "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."

He further commented on how Hunter Biden's pardon will affect congressional investigations into the Department of Justice and aid 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.”

The Ways and Means Committee continues its investigation into these matters.