President Joe Biden has reversed his earlier stance and commuted his son Hunter Biden's sentence for federal tax evasion and gun charges. Biden cited the belief that politics has influenced the justice system, leading to a miscarriage of justice.
The decision, which was first reported by NBC News, is a reversal for the president, who repeatedly said he would not use his authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence., a reversal for the president, who repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence.
The president also spoke about his son's struggles with addiction in his statement Sunday night, saying that his political opponents were trying to"break" him by going after Hunter."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," Biden said in his statement.
A representative for Special Counsel David Weiss did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Hunter Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell declined to comment. “I will not pardon him,” he said in June after a jury found Hunter Biden guilty on three federal gun charges. Pardoning him after that trial would have ignited a political firestorm for his father, who was campaigning for re-election. Republicans have for years attacked Hunter Biden over his foreign business dealings and accused him and the president of corruption. They have also argued that Hunter Biden was getting special treatment by the Justice Department because of his father’s political power.
“I’m extremely proud of my son Hunter,” Biden said. “He has overcome an addiction. He’s one of the brightest, most decent men I know, and I am satisfied that I’m not going to do anything. I said I abide by the jury decision. I will do that, and I will not pardon him.”
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