Joe Biden pardons Hunter Biden; Donald Trump suggests J6 pardons
Joe Biden previously claimed that he would not pardon his son Hunter Biden. However, Biden announced on Sunday that he will issue a pardon for his son. This pardon will cover crimes committed from January 1, 2024, through December 1, 2024. Biden felt that his son was unfairly prosecuted on gun and tax crimes. This move increased calls, from conservatives, for the need for Donald Trump to issue pardons for j6 protesters who committed no violence, theft, or crimes. They further argue that those who did commit crimes, but not what the media portrays these crimes as, should have their sentences commuted.
From the Daily Mail:
The bombshell U-turn decision will see Hunter get pardoned for any crimes he may have committed ‘from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024’. It comes just weeks after The White House denied the president would make the drastic move in the final months of his lame duck presidency.
Biden, himself, said as recently as June that he would ‘not pardon’ his son, unlike Trump who has outright said he wants to pardon January 6 rioters.
‘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,’ Biden said in a statement.
The president claimed that people are ‘almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form… It is clear that Hunter was treated differently.’
Biden raged against ‘several of my political opponents in Congress’ who he claimed made the charges a public spectacle ‘to attack me and oppose my election.’
He added that the plea deal Hunter, who has since pledged to ‘make amends’ for his crimes, agreed to with the Department of Justice was a ‘fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter’s cases.’ But that deal fell through at the last minute under political pressure.
‘No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because is my son – and that is wrong,’ he continued.
Additional Reading:
Earle, G. (2024, December 1). Trump suggests he will free Jan 6 rioters in response to Biden’s Hunter pardon: ‘Let them all out’. Daily Mail. Link.
Lepore, S. M. (2024, December 1). Biden pardons son Hunter in bombshell U-turn as he claims he was ‘unfairly prosecuted’ on gun and tax crimes in effort to ‘break him’. Daily Mail. Link.
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