President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden.
The president says he changed his mind about clemency for his son because he thinks politics caused a miscarriage of justice. had long pledged that he would not pardon his son, Hunter, who was set to be sentenced this month for gun and tax convictions. But on Sunday, the president did it anyway.
But a president can only grant pardons for federal offenses, not state ones. Impeachment convictions also aren’t pardonable.of lying on a federal form when he purchased a gun in 2018 and swore that he wasn’t a drug user. Just months later, he pleaded guilty to chargesin taxes. Prosecutors alleged he lived lavishly while flouting the tax law, spending his cash on things like strippers and luxury hotels — “in short, everything but his taxes.
“I’m extremely proud of my son Hunter. He has overcome an addiction. He is one of the brightest, most decent men I know,” he said. “I abide by the jury decision. I will do that and I will not pardon him.”Also, the president is no longer running for office. He made his no-pardon pledge before he dropped out of the presidential race in June.
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