Sheriff pardoned by Trump runs to Steve Bannon to blame 'Hunter Biden's laptop'

Scott Jenkins, a former Virginia sheriff, suggested a proposed investigation into Hunter Biden was to blame after he was convicted of bribery and then pardoned by President Donald Trump.

In a Tuesday interview with MAGA influencer Steve Bannon, Jenkins thanked God for Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

"Can I first just say, I'm so thankful to God and to President Trump and Ed Martin for taking the time to thoroughly review and vet my case and find the faults," he opined. "And also one last thing, thank God, these people like Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino are in the places they are. I pray they will clean up a lot of bad things."

According to prosecutors, Jenkins accepted bribes in exchange for badges and credentials.

Jenkins, however, told Bannon that he had "crossed the line" with former President Joe Biden's Justice Department when the FBI caught him talking about Hunter Biden on a wiretap.

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"We had, a group of us had formed Protect America Now, supporting President Trump's border agenda prior," he explained. "But we were on a call one day in late 2022, and it was proposed to go after Hunter Biden's laptop. An individual had the hard drive, wanted us to fly to a secret location, view it, and obtain charges for the child porn and other things on it."

"That call, anyone with a brain cell knows if you are the lowliest agent in the FBI, you hear that," he continued, "going after the president or his son, you are obligated to send that up the chain."

"So there's not a prayer in hell that the AG didn't hear that directly and that the gloves didn't come off."

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