President Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence on federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing earlier promises not to use the presidency’s emergency powers to benefit family members.
The Democratic president previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence following his convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California.
The move comes weeks before Hunter Biden receives his sentence following his gun conviction and guilty plea on tax charges and less than two months before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
It ends a long-running legal saga for the president’s son, who publicly disclosed he was the subject of a federal investigation in December 2020. – a month after Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
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In June, while his son Hunter was on trial in a Delaware gun case, Biden ruled out a pardon or clemency for his son in an interview with ABC News.
As recently as Nov. 8, White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre ruled out a pardon or clemency for the younger Biden, saying, “We’ve been asked that question many times. Our answer stands, which is no.
