Hunter Biden prosecutor says president 'maligned' Justice Department

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "It erodes public confidence in an institution that is essential to preserving the rule of law.
43% : Neither case came to trial and Smith, in line with a Justice Department policy of not prosecuting a sitting president, dropped the charges after Trump won the November presidential election.- History of personal pardons -Smith's report on the election interference case is likely to be released this week but his report on the documents case may be withheld because charges are pending against two of Trump's former co-defendants.
21% : Trump has vowed to pardon supporters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a bid to reverse his 2020 election loss.
19% : The special counsel who prosecuted Hunter Biden accused US President Joe Biden on Monday of undermining public confidence in the justice system with his criticism of the investigation into his son.
11% : The release of Weiss's report comes shortly before the expected release this week of another special counsel report -- that of Jack Smith, who brought two criminal cases against former and now future president Donald Trump.Smith accused Trump of seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election he lost to Biden and mishandling top secret documents after leaving the White House.
7% : Bill Clinton pardoned his half-brother for old cocaine charges and Trump pardoned the father of his son-in-law for tax evasion, though in both cases those men had already served their prison terms.

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