U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden.
President Joe Biden, center right, holds hands with his grandson Beau as they walk with Hunter Biden, left, in downtown Nantucket Mass., Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. , on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family members.
The move comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges, and less than two months before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.It caps a long-running legal saga for the president’s son, who publicly disclosed he was under federal investigation in December 2020 — a month after Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
In a statement released Sunday evening, Biden said, “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” alleging that the prosecution of his son was politically motivated and a “miscarriage of justice.” ”I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision,” Biden added, claiming he made the decision this weekend.He was convicted in June in Delaware federal court of three felonies for purchasing a gun in 2018 when, prosecutors said, he lied on a federal form by claiming he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.of failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes.
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