WASHINGTON — GOP lawmakers began publicly fuming shortly after President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning his son Hunter Biden. President-elect Donald Trump's communications director, Steven Cheung, reacted to Biden's announcement without naming the president or his son. "The failed witch hunts against President Trump have proven that the Democrat-controlled DOJ and other radical prosecutors are guilty of weaponizing the justice system," Cheung said in a statement. "I’m shocked Pres Biden pardoned his son Hunter bc he said many many times he wouldn’t & I believed him Shame on me," said his X post. Biden's plans to pardon his son, which were first reported by NBC News, came after the president said publicly multiple times that he would not pardon Hunter Biden.

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