DOJ Blows Through Tens Of Millions On Biden Investigations, No One Ends Up In Jail

The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) blew through tens of millions of dollars on investigations that ultimately resulted in no jail time for anyone, according to public spending records.

Over the last several years, the DOJ has opened investigations into President-elect Donald Trump, President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents and Hunter Biden’s drug use while purchasing a gun. Following Biden’s pardon of his son Sunday night, all three cases have now resulted in a wash of charges, costing taxpayers over $55 million, according to financial disclosures from the special counsel’s office.

Special counsel David Weiss, who was tasked with investigating the president’s son, spent $2,297,976 from October 2023 to March 2024 on his work, according to financial disclosures from the special counsel’s office. From August 2023 to September 2023, Weiss’ investigation cost taxpayers another $182,683, the financial statements show. Spending reports for costs since March 31, 2024, have not been released, as of early December.

Weiss first brought charges against Hunter Biden in September 2023, alleging that he knowingly lied about his drug use on a federal background check form before purchasing a Colt Cobra.

“For my entire career I have followed a simple principle: just tell the American people the truth. They’ll be fair-minded,” Biden writes, announcing that he has pardoned Hunter.

For the last year, he and his staff have insisted that he would not pardon his son. https://t.co/RETQUhUc1t

— Reagan Reese (@reaganreese_) December 2, 2024

A Delaware jury convicted Biden in June and he was set to face his sentencing Dec. 12, eleven days before the presidential pardon.

The president, after months of claiming he would not pardon his son, wrote Sunday that he decided to do so because he believes his son was unfairly targeted because of their relationship. Weiss pushed back on the president’s accusation in a court filing Monday, additionally challenging Hunter Biden’s request to dismiss the California indictment in light of the pardon.

Special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated the 82-year-old president’s handling of classified documents, spent $2,475,303 from October 2023 to March 2024, $2,809,637 from April 2023 to September 2023 and $615,962 from January 2023 to March 2023, according to financial disclosures from the special counsel’s office. Hur ultimately decided to not charge Biden for his handling of classified documents, arguing that a jury would see the octogenarian president as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

Over his investigation, Hur conducted a five-hour interview with the president in which he appeared to forget when his vice presidency began and ended and the date of his late son’s death. (RELATED: Biden Lied About Beau Exchange With Robert Hur During Angry Press Conference, Transcript Confirms)

Special Counsel Jack Smith arrives to announce the indictment of former President Donald Trump during a press conference on August 1, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Since special counsel Jack Smith began his investigation into Trump in 2022, the DOJ has spent roughly $47.5 million on the operation, financial disclosures show. The investigation is expected to cost more than $50 million, as the latest spending reports detailing costs since September have not yet been released.

After Trump won the 2024 election, Smith moved to dismiss all charges brought against the president-elect in his election interference case.

“Dismissing the appeal as to defendant Trump will leave in place the district court’s order dismissing the indictment without prejudice as to him,” Smith wrote. “The appeal concerning the other two defendants will continue because, unlike defendant Trump, no principle of temporary immunity applies to them.”