Joe Biden Pardons Hunter Biden
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Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter Biden.
President Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter Biden nearly seven weeks before President Biden leaves the White House. The pardon comes months after Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to federal tax charges on the same day jury selection in his trial was scheduled to begin.
“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” President Biden said. “From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted. Without aggravating factors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchaser, people are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form. Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but paid them back subsequently with interest and penalties, are typically given non-criminal resolutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently.”
Joe Biden had previously said that he would not pardon his son.
President Biden still has no plans to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, in the final months of his presidency, the White House press secretary reiterated on Thursday.
“We’ve been asked that question multiple times and our answer stands — which is no,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at Thursday’s press briefing.
The president said in June that he would not pardon or commute a potential prison sentence for his son, who was convicted of three separate felony charges related to his purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, according to prosecutors, he was battling an addiction to illegal drugs and lied about it on paperwork to obtain the gun.
In September, Hunter Biden also offered a surprise guilty plea in his tax evasion case. He was charged with three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor offenses, including failure to file and pay his taxes, tax evasion and filing a false return.
After the September plea, Jean-Pierre also said a pardon and commutation were off the table.
