The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden's criminal tax case on Tuesday slammed President Joe Biden's sudden pardon of his son, and the manner in which he described the prosecution.

The president issued a full pardon for Hunter Biden on Sunday night, claiming his son was unfairly targeted and prosecuted. The blanket pardon, which covers crimes from 2014 through 2024, means the first son cannot be prosecuted or sentenced for his tax charges, his federal gun charge, or any possible crime he committed while on the board of Burisma. 

Joe Biden claimed in a statement accompanying the pardon that “no reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter's cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out because he is my son.”

U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi on Tuesday rejected that assertion and cited that multiple other judges have already determined the prosecution was not vindictive. Hunter Biden has also attempted to have the tax case dismissed eight times.

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