Justice Department to release final report on Hunter Biden investigation

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is expected to release a final report Monday from the special counsel who charged Hunter Biden with gun and tax crimes before President Joe Biden pardoned his last surviving son.

Two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News that the report was slated for release Monday night and that it was not expected to include any major revelations — but it could potentially include criticism of the president’s decision to pardon his son. Biden described the prosecution of his son as a “miscarriage of justice” in the official White House statement announcing the pardon, which prosecutors working for Weiss disputed in a later court filing.

Biden pardoned his son in early December, not long before the younger Biden was expected to be sentenced in connection with his conviction for violating a statute rarely used by federal prosecutors, which makes it unlawful for drug users to possess weapons. Biden had repeatedly previously said during the 2024 campaign, including after he dropped out of the race over the summer, that he would not pardon his son.

Special Counsel David Weiss, who had bipartisan support when he was named U.S. attorney in Delaware during President Donald Trump’s first term, stayed on at the Justice Department at the beginning of the Biden administration. He was later appointed special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2023.

The Justice Department is also expected to issue a report on Jack Smith’s special counsel investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election.