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Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter for gun and tax crimes, in stark contrast to his promise not to use executive power to benefit his son just months before the end of his term. presidential period.
In a statement Sunday evening, the US President accused political opponents in Congress of “instigating” accusations that Hunter attacked him.
“No reasonable person looking at the facts in Hunter’s cases could come to any other conclusion than that Hunter was singled out simply because he was my son — and that’s wrong,” Biden speak.
“Since the day I took office, I have said that I will not interfere in the decision-making of the Department of Justice, and I have kept my word even as I watched my son be selectively and unjustly prosecuted. public,” Mr. Biden added.
The pardon ends a tumultuous period for the first family that began just months after Joe Biden’s election victory in 2020, when his son revealed that he was under federal investigation.
Hunter’s legal troubles have since become a political headache for his father.
In June, he was convicted of three felony counts of making false statements during a federal background check when purchasing a handgun. The trial featured detailed testimony about his cocaine addiction and his romantic relationship with his brother’s widow.
Hunter Biden also pleaded guilty to tax evasion last month in Los Angeles federal court. He was accused of evading $1.4 million in taxes, some through improper business deductions. He is said to have been spentt cash for items including cars, drugs and prostitutes.
The president has made many statements in support of his son, but he also said that he will not pardon his son.
On Sunday night, Biden said the legal attacks were part of an “effort to take down Hunter,” adding that he came to the decision to pardon his son over the weekend.
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