Claims that the incoming Trump administration would weaponize the legal system against Hunter Biden justifies a pardon for President Joe Biden’s criminally convicted son, his legal defense team said.

With just weeks until Hunter Biden is sentenced by California and Delaware judges, his lawyers on Saturday released a lengthy document titled “The political prosecutions of Hunter Biden” that argued his gun and tax evasion convictions this year were politically motivated. The 52-page document pushed for clemency by alleging President-elect Donald Trump would turn the country’s justice system against Hunter Biden once he takes office on Jan. 20, 2025.