Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said President Trump should receive a pardon in his New York ‘hush money’ case because it was “politically motivated.” The Democratic senator said Trump and Hunter Biden both should receive pardons on “The View.” “I think it’s undeniable that the case against Hunter Biden was really politically motivated. But I also think it’s true that the trial in New York for Trump, that was political as well, too. Now, in both cases, I think a pardon is appropriate,” Fetterman said. “And I really think collectively, you know, America’s confidence in these kinds of institutions has been damaged by these kinds of cases, and we cannot allow these kinds of institutions to be weaponized against our political opponents, and it’s very clear both trials were politically motivated and weaponized on the other side,” he added. WATCH: WOW! John Fetterman says President Trump should be PARDONED because the cases against him were “politically motivated.” I agree! NY @GovKathyHochul MUST pardon President Trump. pic.twitter.com/lVY5oflz4S — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 6, 2024 Per Fox News: President Biden issued a pardon for his son on Sunday ahead of Hunter’s mid-December sentencing. Co-host Joy Behar brought up the Jan. 6 rioters and suggested the incoming Trump administration would be defending a pardon for them using a similar argument to the one offered by Fetterman. “I’m talking about the New York trial and now the Democrats on our side, there were some that were gleeful calling — now he’s a convicted felon and those things. And now for our party, we were talking about criminal justice, and we are now talking about second chances and now, all of a sudden, now you’re like, well, he’s a convicted felon and all these things,” Fetterman responded. “And now clearly, again, both of those trials, the Hunter Biden one and the trial in New York for Trump, that was clearly those [were] politically motivated and those kinds of charges would have never been brought unless one side could realize that they could weaponize that,” he added. BREAKING: Democratic Senator John Fetterman says that President Trump should be pardoned because the cases against him were “politically motivated.” Perfectly said! pic.twitter.com/NM6vPayfTo — Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) December 6, 2024 BREAKING: Senator John Fetterman stated that President-elect Donald Trump should be pardoned in the New York City business records case, calling it ‘politically motivated.’ pic.twitter.com/vE0E4lwDD2 — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) December 5, 2024 The Hill reports: Trump was prosecuted in New York over a hush money scandal. Judge Juan Merchan dismissed the case after the former president’s legal team argued that his return to the White House clears him of the 34 felony counts. Hunter Biden’s pardon came as somewhat of a shock, as the president had previously said he would not issue a pardon to his son, who was found guilty of three charges relating to a 2018 gun purchase in June. The president explained his decision in a statement earlier this week, saying, “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son — and that is wrong.”