Joe Biden criticized by some supporters for pardoning son Hunter: ‘Selfish move’

Some Democrats express disappointment in Biden for setting ‘bad precedent’ but others leap to his defence

Joe Biden has been criticised by some of his own supporters for issuing a pardon to his son Hunter that he had previously sworn not to give.

The president’s volte face drew predictable fire from Republicans, led by president-elect Donald Trump, who called it a “miscarriage of justice” and used it to raise the case of the jailed ringleaders of the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol, who he has suggested he will pardon when he returns to the White House.