Dem rep confronted with clip of himself claiming Biden wouldn't pardon Hunter: 'What does that feel like?'

CNN big Brianna Keilar grilled Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., for his erstwhile statements claiming President Biden would ne'er pardon his son, Hunter.

Biden issued a sweeping pardon for Hunter connected Sunday aft repeatedly promising not to. The archetypal lad had been convicted successful 2 abstracted national cases earlier this year. He pled blameworthy to national taxation charges successful September, and was convicted of 3 felony weapon charges successful June aft lying connected a mandatory weapon acquisition signifier by saying helium was not illegally utilizing oregon addicted to drugs. 

The president argued successful a statement that Hunter was "singled retired lone due to the fact that helium is my son" and that determination was an effort "trying to interruption Hunter" successful bid to "break me." 

Keilar interviewed Goldman connected Monday, recalling, "You went retired connected a limb backing up Biden erstwhile helium said that determination would not beryllium a pardon successful July of 2023, conscionable aft that plea woody fell through."

Rep. Dan Goldman was grilled for his past assertion that President Joe Biden would not pardon his lad Hunter Biden.

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The quality host past played a signaling of Goldman arguing successful 2023 Biden would ne'er pardon his son. 

"I don‘t deliberation there‘s immoderate accidental that President Biden is going to bash that, dissimilar his predecessor, who pardoned each of his friends and anyone who had immoderate entree to him. And I deliberation you spot that successful this lawsuit wherever helium kept connected and Merrick Garland kept connected a Trump appointed U.S. lawyer to analyse the president‘s son. If determination is not an denotation of the independency of the Department of Justice beyond that, I don‘t cognize what what we could look for," the congressman said astatine the time.

"What does that consciousness like?" Keilar asked Goldman. "Watching yourself backmost past reassuring radical that Biden was not going to contented a pardon for his son."

"Yeah, and I deliberation that if that plea statement and that plea woody had gone done determination would beryllium nary pardon, that was a satisfactory outcome-" Goldman began.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 10: Hunter Biden, lad of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his lawyer Abbe Lowell (L) depart a House Oversight Committee gathering astatine Capitol Hill connected January 10, 2024 successful Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

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"It had already fallen," Keilar interjected, correcting her guest. "When you reacted, this was erstwhile the woody had fallen through."

She went connected to reason that portion she tin recognize his interest astir President-elect Donald Trump's information of Kash Patel arsenic FBI director, that doesn’t cancel retired the information helium misread Biden’s gameplan.

"You know, you took him astatine his word, truthful what does that consciousness like, knowing that he‘s gone backmost connected it?" she asked.

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"Well, arsenic I said, I‘m disappointed that aft the plea fell through, and it became wide astir wherefore it did, including Republican legislature involution successful this case, which made this lawsuit precise unsocial and precise antithetic from immoderate different case," helium argued.

He went connected to reason that Hunter was specifically targeted due to the fact that helium is the president’s son, and that helium would perchance beryllium astatine hazard of "retributive prosecution for governmental reasons" nether Trump’s incoming Department of Justice.

Fox News' Kristine parks contributed to this report.