Former Trump adviser Kash Patel calls Hunter Biden plea deal a 'get out of jail free card'

'It's a real tragic day,' Patel said.

Published: June 21, 2023 7:20pm

Updated: June 21, 2023 8:20pm

Former Trump adviser Kash Patel has called Hunter Biden's recent plea deal a "get out of jail free card."

"Hunter Biden gets a 'get out of jail free card' from the Deputy Attorney General," Patel said on the Wednesday edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "That's the only person along with the AG who can waive the DOJ manual and guidelines on this, and they did just that."

Hunter Biden struck a deal with federal prosecutors to avoid prison by pleading guilty to two tax crimes and admitting to a gun charge that could be dismissed, court records released Tuesday show.

The deal has sparked an influx of criticism from lawmakers and legal scholars alike. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, who's leading the probe into the Biden family, was one of many to dub it a "sweetheart deal" that puts DOJ's perceived favoritism on full display.

"They're all in it together," Patel said, referring to the Justice Department and other members of federal law enforcement. "They know they'll never get caught and they take favors for their friends to destroy our justice system. It's a real tragic day."

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called the plea agreement "pathetic," and George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley determined it to be "an evasion of the more serious allegations facing Hunter Biden and the Biden family."