Analysis
In pardoning his son, Biden sounds a lot like Trump
The president complained about selective prosecution and political pressure in a system he has spent his political life defending.
Peter Baker
President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump now agree on one thing: the Biden Justice Department has been politicised.
In pardoning his son Hunter Biden on Sunday night (Monday AEDT), the incumbent president sounded a lot like his successor in complaining about selective prosecution and political pressure, questioning the fairness of a system that Joe Biden had until now long defended.
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