Hunter Biden ripped into his father’s choice of Merrick Garland as US attorney general, labeling it the “greatest mistake” of Joe Biden’s presidency during an appearance on the “I’ve Had It” podcast.
Podcast host Jennifer Welch launched a fierce critique of Garland and the Department of Justice, accusing them of failing to charge former President Trump while pursuing investigations against Hunter himself. She pressed Hunter for his thoughts on what she termed “capitulation by Democrats” in appointing Garland.
“One of the things that pisses me off is the Merrick Garland DOJ and the not prosecuting of Trump. And that they prosecuted you,” Welch stated, setting the stage for Hunter’s response.
Hunter Biden responded bluntly, “My take is this, and removing myself from it as much as I can, my personal feelings, is the single greatest mistake of my father’s administration was the leadership of Merrick Garland.”
He continued, “The reason that we are in the situation that we’re in right now can almost… by the way, the buck has to stop with my dad. He was the president and he chose him. Now, once he chose him, he played by the, you know, a higher standard than the Marquess of Queensberry rules. He played by the Constitution and the tradition that the president will never, you know, particularly since Nixon, involve himself in any decision-making as relates to anything at the Department of Justice. So, I guarantee you there was a division between church and state there.”
Hunter escalated his criticism, holding Garland accountable for not prosecuting Trump for his involvement in the January 6 Capitol riots. He described those events as a “planned conspiracy” orchestrated by the Trump administration to sabotage the 2020 election.
“[I]f Merrick Garland had started a completely 100% legitimate investigation rather than thinking like let’s not fan the flames… did you not watch what I watched? Did you not see the people storming the Capitol of the United States of America, beating cops and running congressmen and senators literally out of the building? You didn’t see that? You didn’t see a president and know that it was a concerted and planned effort on their part beginning all the way back from the day before the election when they knew they were going,” Hunter Biden asserted.
Both Welch and Hunter Biden characterized Garland as a “moderate,” suggesting that President Biden selected him to appease Republicans and as a favor after former President Barack Obama had previously advocated for Garland’s Supreme Court nomination.
“Obama picks this milquetoast candidate. Your dad is a decent man, felt bad about what happened to Merrick Garland. And he played integrity politics. Like, well, ‘I’m going to make him whole and make him attorney general.’ And then Merrick Garland gets there, and he’s like, ‘Well, we can’t upset these crusty White Republicans,’” Welch remarked.
“Massive mistake,” Hunter Biden added emphatically.
Hunter Biden has been under investigation since 2018 during Trump’s first term. However, he received a pardon from his father for any offenses he “has committed or may have committed” from January 1, 2014, to December 1, 2024 during Joe Biden’s final weeks in office.
