President Joe Biden announced the pardon of his son Hunter Biden, who was facing sentencing for criminal cases related to tax evasion and gun charges. Biden argued that his son was unfairly targeted due to his family name and that political motives had interfered with the justice process.
President Biden and Hunter Biden , pictured in Nantucket, Mass., on Friday. Days later Biden announced he had pardoned his son, who was awaiting sentencing in criminal cases related to tax evasion and gun charges .for failing to pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes. Sentences in both cases were scheduled to be handed down later this month.
Acts of clemency include granting amnesty, reprieves, commutations, and pardons — the most expansive form of relief."Clemency really is an expression of mercy, and often tempers the very overly punitive, harsh, inequitable results that our criminal justice system produces," says Eisen. Charles Kushner, himself a real estate billionaire, pleaded guilty in 2004 to filing false tax returns, lying to the Federal Election Commission and retaliating against a witness: his own brother-in-law.
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