Crockett to Republicans criticizing Hunter Biden pardon: ‘Take a look in the mirror’  

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said GOP lawmakers criticizing President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter should “take a look in the mirror.”  

“Way to go Joe. Let me be the first one to congratulate the president for deciding to do this,” Crockett said of the controversial pardon, which has been criticized by Republicans and also some Democrats.

“For anyone that wants to clutch their pearls now because [President Biden] decided that he was going to pardon his son, I would say take a look in the mirror because we also know that when it comes to this Cabinet, this Cabinet has more people accused of sexual assault than any incoming Cabinet probably in the history of America,” Crockett then said of President-elect Trump’s political appointees.  

Crockett made the remarks during a Sunday evening MSNBC appearance in which she also referred to Trump as “a 34-count convicted felon.”

Biden issued a full and unconditional pardon of Hunter Biden after he was found guilty in June in a federal case on three felony charges over his purchase and possession of a gun in 2018, violating the law by concealing drug use.

Hunter Biden also pleaded guilty in September to nine federal tax charges, avoiding a trial.

Biden said he was issuing the pardon because his son was the subject of a political prosecution.

But in making that argument, a number of critics of the decision noted that the president was essentially echoing arguments Trump has made about his own prosecution.