Special counsel’s report on Hunter Biden denounces president’s criticism of affair

David C. Weiss, the special counsel who spent years investigating Hunter Biden, criticized President Biden for making “baseless accusations” about his investigation that threatened “the integrity of the justice system in its together” in a final report released Monday.

“The President’s characterizations are incorrect based on the facts of this case, and at a more fundamental level, they are wrong,” Mr. Weiss wrote.

His investigation had been the subject of fierce debate until the president granted a broad pardon that ended the prosecution of his son, saying the prosecution was the result of “raw politics.”

A jury in Wilmington, Del., found Hunter Biden guilty of three counts last June of lying on a federal firearms application. He also pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges in Los Angeles in September for falsifying records and failing to file returns. The period of his tax crimes included both a period when he was addicted to crack cocaine and after he became sober.

In his report, Mr. Weiss pushed back against criticism, largely from Democrats, that the prosecution of Mr. Biden was unwarranted or politically motivated.

The report constitutes a pointed retort to the president. Mr. Weiss, citing court rulings that the case had been fairly brought, used his final words on the lengthy investigation to defend his work and denounce the president’s characterizations.