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to Biden over Hunter&#8217;s special counsel appointment: &#8216;My son&#8230;was defending this country&#8217;<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-b8a95802=\"\">Former Vice President Mike Pence said he &#8220;can&#8217;t relate&#8221; to President Biden concerning the appointment of a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, because his son was &#8220;defending this country&#8221; in the military while he was serving as vice president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><span class=\"dateline\">DES MOINES, Iowa \u2013 <\/span>Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he &#8220;can&#8217;t relate&#8221; to President Biden concerning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ag-garland-appoints-hunter-biden-investigator-david-weiss-special-counsel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointment of a special counsel<\/a> in the Hunter Biden probe, because his son was &#8220;defending this country&#8221; in the military while he was serving as vice president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;I just heard news that the appointment of the special counsel in the matter involving President Biden&#8217;s son Hunter. To be honest with you, I can&#8217;t relate to what his son was doing when he was vice president. When I was vice president, my son was flying an F-35 for the Marine Corps defending this country,&#8221; Pence said during a press gaggle at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/iowa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa State Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I think it&#8217;s about time that we saw the appointment of a special counsel to get to the bottom of not only what Hunter Biden was doing, but what the Biden family was doing. The American people deserve answers, and I welcome the appointment,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-wants-congress-spend-six-times-more-ukraine-than-border-fentanyl-crises-request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE WANTS CONGRESS TO SPEND SIX TIMES MORE ON UKRAINE THAN BORDER, FENTANYL CRISIS IN NEW REQUEST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Pence-Bidens.jpg\" source=\"Fox News\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/640\/320\/Pence-Bidens.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Hunter Biden\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">President Joe Biden (left), former Vice President Mike Pence (center), and Hunter Biden (right).<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(Getty, Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier on Friday, Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Merrick Garland<\/u><\/a> appointed U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, as well as any other matters that arose or may arise from that investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Weiss is the federal prosecutor who has investigated the business dealings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/hunter-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a> and brought charges against him in Delaware. His appointment as special counsel indicates that, contrary to Hunter&#8217;s defense lawyers&#8217; claims, the Department of Justice investigation into President Biden&#8217;s son is not over.<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republicans-blast-coverup-hunter-biden-special-counsel-appointment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans have also sounded off<\/a> over the appointment, torching Garland&#8217;s selection of Weiss, who led the prosecution in Hunter Biden&#8217;s tax and gun charges, to head up the special counsel probe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admits-inflation-reduction-act-less-inflation-originally-sold-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BIDEN ADMITS INFLATION REDUCTION ACT HAD \u2018LESS TO DO WITH REDUCING INFLATION\u2019 THAN HE ORIGINALLY SAID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1592851505.jpg\" source=\"Getty Images\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1592851505.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">Former Vice President Mike Pence, 2024 Republican presidential candidate, speaks with members of the media during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, US, on Friday, August 11, 2023.<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(Al Drago\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnns-jake-tapper-chalks-up-biden-family-money-revelations-sleazy-not-criminal-during-comer-clash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Comer<\/a>, R-Ky., called Garland&#8217;s announcement &#8220;part of the Justice Department\u2019s efforts to attempt a Biden family coverup in light of [House Oversight Republicans&#8217;] mounting evidence of President Biden\u2019s role in his family\u2019s schemes selling \u2018the brand\u2019 for millions of dollars to foreign nationals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Comer said Garland&#8217;s &#8220;move is really about&#8221; the DOJ &#8220;trying to stonewall congressional oversight as we have presented evidence to the American people about the Biden family&#8217;s corruption.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This action by Biden\u2019s DOJ cannot be used to obstruct congressional investigations or whitewash the Biden family corruption,&#8221; House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> tweeted Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rfk-jr-campaign-renews-secret-service-protection-demand-fbi-killed-man-allegedly-threatened-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RFK JR&#8217;S CAMPAIGN RENEWS SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION DEMAND AFTER FBI KILLED MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY THREATENED BIDEN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-race-congress.jpg\" source=\"Getty Images\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-race-congress.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"California Republican Kevin McCarthy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If Weiss negotiated the sweetheart deal that couldn\u2019t get approved, how can he be trusted as a Special Counsel?&#8221; McCarthy added. &#8220;House Republicans will continue to pursue the facts for the American people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS\u00a0APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Chris Pandolfo, Jake Gibson, David Spunt and Houston Keene contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. 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