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- President Joe Biden has issued a pardon for his son, Hunter, for federal gun and tax evasion charges.
- Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to and was convicted of 12 counts carrying a max sentence of up to 42 years.
- The pardon comes ahead of sentencing hearings scheduled for mid-December.
President Joe Biden has issued a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, for federal gun and tax evasion charges.
“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” Biden said in a statement released Sunday. “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.”
The statement continued: “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son — and that is wrong. There has been an effort to break Hunter — who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution. In trying to break Hunter, they’ve tried to break me — and there’s no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough.”
In a series of cases, Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to and was convicted of 12 counts carrying a max sentence of up to 42 years. The pardon comes ahead of sentencing hearings scheduled for mid-December.
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