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Mike Johnson: “This pardon is a perversion of justice, and it is a utter…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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House Speaker Mike Johnson addresses Joe Biden pardoning his son (Dec. 4, 2024)

Published | Video Starts at 01:04

It's just like when he denied or tried to cover up his obvious mental acuity and decline. And it's just like when he insisted that the catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal was somehow a success. This pardon is a perversion of justice, and it is a utter disregard for the rule of law. And it undermines, further undermines the people's faith in our system of justice. So we have reform on the way, and it cannot happen soon enough. (01:04–01:10)

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Asserts that the pardon of Hunter Biden undermines justice and the rule of law.

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