President Donald J. Trump has commuted the sentence of Jason Galanis — a former business partner of Hunter Biden — marking the second time in a week Trump has granted clemency to a convicted associate linked to the Biden family’s tangled web of influence.
Galanis, 53, had been serving a 14-year federal sentence for orchestrating a scheme to defraud a Native American tribe out of tens of millions through fake bond sales. The White House announced late Friday that Trump signed the executive order for Galanis’s release on March 28, instructing the Bureau of Prisons to “immediately release” him.
A Second Biden-Linked Figure Freed
This move comes just days after Trump issued a full pardon to Devon Archer — another Hunter Biden ally — who was also convicted in the same scheme involving the Oglala Sioux tribe in South Dakota. Both men were central figures in a complex scandal involving fraudulent tribal bonds, shell companies, and high-dollar political connections.
Galanis Turned Witness for Republicans
Though Galanis pleaded guilty in 2020 and began his sentence shortly after, he caught the attention of House Republicans last year when he agreed to speak about his past business ties to the president’s son.
“He had a front-row seat to the Biden influence machine,” a senior GOP aide told The Post. “We took a close look at what he had to say, and we found it extremely relevant to our ongoing investigations.”
Galanis reportedly provided details about financial structures and overseas investments involving Hunter Biden and foreign nationals. While his testimony was brief, it added fuel to House Republicans’ calls for further scrutiny into Biden family dealings.
Ties That Go Deep
Jason Galanis wasn’t just a side player in Hunter Biden’s orbit. He was a key figure in the now-defunct Burnham Financial Group, which was backed by politically connected investors and had Hunter linked as a board member of one of its ventures. Prosecutors said Galanis used the firm as a vehicle to enrich himself and others by peddling worthless tribal bonds to unsuspecting investors.
“This was a classic case of elite white-collar crime that preyed on vulnerable communities,” former federal prosecutor Scott Whitaker said. “But what made it politically explosive was the Biden connection.”
Critics Call It Political, Trump Says It’s Justice
Predictably, critics on the left are fuming, accusing Trump of politicizing the pardon process. But supporters say Trump is simply correcting an imbalance in justice and exposing a cover-up.
“These men were scapegoats in a bigger game,” said Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY). “Their ties to the Bidens made them high-value targets, but their real crime was knowing too much.”
The Trump campaign echoed that sentiment. “President Trump is committed to restoring justice and holding the Biden crime family accountable,” a spokesperson said Saturday. “We won’t allow whistleblowers to rot in prison while the real corruption remains untouched.”
Biden White House Silent
The Biden administration has not issued a formal response to Galanis’s release. The White House has consistently distanced itself from Hunter’s business history, claiming President Biden had no involvement or knowledge of his son’s financial entanglements.
But Republicans aren’t buying it. “We now have two ex-business partners of Hunter Biden released by President Trump — both convicted of the same crime,” Rep. James Comer (R-KY) noted. “The question every American should be asking is: what exactly were they involved in?”
With the 2024 election still reverberating through Washington, and Trump ramping up his campaign for 2028, the move is more than a legal decision — it’s a shot across the bow. The message? The Biden family’s dealings aren’t going away quietly.
And neither is Donald Trump.
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Biden should have put tRump in jail where he belongs.