WASHINGTON, D.C. (Michigan News Source) – Blood may be thicker than water, but U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Michigan) criticized President Joe Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter Biden.

Peters called Biden’s decision on Sunday “wrong” and said “A president’s family and allies shouldn’t get special treatment.”

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“President Biden’s decision to pardon his son was wrong,” said Peters, who was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and has been a steadfast ally of Biden’s. “A president’s family and allies shouldn’t get special treatment.” “This was an improper use of power, it erodes trust in our government, and it emboldens others to bend justice to suit their interests,” Peters continued.

 

 

Biden flipped-flopped over the weekend and pardoned his son after previously saying that would never be the case. The younger Biden faced gun and drug charges. Hunter Biden was also the focus of an investigation regarding using his father’s position as part of the family’s “influence peddling schemes,” according to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. That investigation has been ongoing for three years.