President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden Sunday, Dec. 1, nearly seven weeks before he leaves the White House. This is a reversal from his previous remarks over the summer when he said he would not pardon his son.
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Hunter Biden is scheduled to be sentenced on December 12 for his conviction on federal gun charges. He also is set to be sentenced on December 16 in a separate criminal case. He pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges in September. The pardon is expected to cover both instances.
“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” President Biden said in a statement Sunday, December 1. “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.”
President Biden’s son was accused of engaging in a four-year scheme to evade paying taxes totaling at least $1.4 million and falsifying some of his tax returns.
THIS MORNING – REACTION IS COMING IN AFTER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S DECISION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO PARDON HIS SON HUNTER.
WITH HIS TIME IN OFFICE ENDING IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, THE PRESIDENT REVERSING PREVIOUS STATEMENTS HE MADE WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD **NOT** USE HIS POWER TO KEEP HIS SON FROM FACING PRISON TIME DUE TO FELONY CONVICTIONS.
HUNTER FACED SENTENCING LATER THIS MONTH RELATED TO TWO SEPARATE CRIMINAL CASES.
LAST SEPTEMBER, HE PLEADED GUILTY TO NINE TAX CHARGES.
LAST JUNE, A JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF LYING ON A GUN PURCHASE FORM.
HUNTER FACED UP TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE TAX CHARGES AND 25 YEARS IN THE GUN CASE.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE DECIDED TO ISSUE THE PARDON BECAUSE HE BELIEVES HIS SON WAS QUOTE “SELECTIVELY, AND UNFAIRLY, PROSECUTED”.
AND THAT THE PROSECUTION OF HIS ARRESTS LED TO A QUOTE A”MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.”
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS THE CHARGES IN HIS SON’S CASES, CAME TO BE, AFTER QUOTE SEVERAL OF HIS QUOTE “POLITICAL OPPONENTS IN CONGRESS INSTIGATED THEM” TO ATTACK THE PRESIDENT AND OPPOSE HIS ELECTION.
THE PRESIDENT’S MOVE IS A REVERSAL, FROM LAST MONTH WHEN HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KARINE JEAN-PIERRE SAID THERE WOULD BE NO PARDON AND THIS PAST SUMMER WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THE SAME AT ANOTHER PRESS BRIEFING AND DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH A-B-C NEWS.
will you accept the jury’s outcome their verdict no matter what it is.. Yes.. and have you ruled out a pardon for your son. Yes.
HUNTER BIDEN ISSUED HIS OWN STATEMENT SUNDAY SAYING IN PART HE HAS ADMITTED AND TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISTAKES HE MADE DURING HIS ADDICTION.
ADDING QUOTE “I WILL NEVER TAKE THE CLEMENCY I HAVE BEEN GIVEN TODAY FOR GRANTED AND WILL DEVOTE THE LIFE I HAVE REBUILT TO HELPING THOSE WHO ARE STILL SICK AND SUFFERING.”
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP ALSO ISSUING A STATEMENT ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL PLATFORM – ASKING IF BIDEN’S PARDON ALSO INCLUDES THOSE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE JANUARY 6TH RIOTS. TRUMP USING PRESIDENT BIDEN’S OWN WORDS – SAYING THIS IS A QUOTE “A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.”
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S PARDON COVERS ANY POTENTIAL FEDERAL CRIMES THAT HUNTER COMMITTED FROM JANUARY FIRST 2014 THROUGH DECEMBER FIRST 2024, WHICH INCLUDES HIS TIME ON THE BOARD OF UKRAINIAN GAS COMPANY BURISMA.
HE FACED CRITICISM FOR HIS FOREIGN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AND LOFTY SALARY DESPITE HAVING A LACK OF ENERGY EXPERIENCE
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