The White House said Thursday there is no possibility that President Biden will pardon his son, Hunter, as he tries to navigate thorny plea negotiations for tax and gun crimes.
She ruled out a presidential pardon one day after an uncomfortable turn of events for Hunterwas supposed to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax charges, which would also resolve a gun charge, but the plea deal fell apart because a federal judge questioned if the fine print of the deal would shield the president’s son from future charges.
The stunning turnabout sent lawyers and prosecutors back to the drawing board. The judge also forced prosecutors to reveal that the president’s son is under investigation for failing to register as a foreign agent while he was cutting lucrative deals with Ukraine, China and other countries where he made a fortune.The president and his son also face an intensifying congressional investigation of alleged influence peddling and bribery in the family’s hugely profitable foreign business deals.
The House GOP is bringing a key witness to Capitol Hill in the coming days to offer potentially explosive testimony about the Bidens’ overseas deals.
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