President Joe Biden released a statement Sunday night saying he’s signed a pardon for his son Hunter Biden.
President Joe Biden released a statement Sunday night saying he’s signed a pardon for his son Hunter Biden. The pardon comes after the family spent several days together in Nantucket for Thanksgiving, and is just days ahead of when Hunter Biden was set to face his first of two sentencing hearings.
The president’s pardon covers Hunter Biden’s gun and tax charges. President Biden had repeatedly said that he would not pardon his son or commute his eventual sentence, but said in his statement Sunday that he believes "raw politics infected" the justice process."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 president said. "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."Here’s what to know about Hunter Biden’s convictions: In June, Hunter Biden was convicted in Delaware federal court of three felonies for purchasing a gun in 2018 when, prosecutors said, he lied on a federal form by claiming he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.READ MORE: Hunter Biden found guilty in gun trialHunter Biden was initially scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 13, but the judge agreed to delay the hearing until December after Hunter Biden’s lawyers said they needed more time to adequately prepare.The gun charges were punishable by up to 25 years in prison, though he would have likely faced far less time behind bars or possibly avoided imprisonment entirely.That sentencing hearing had been scheduled for Dec. 12. RELATED: Hunter Biden: a timeline of controversies and legal battlesHunter Biden also faces sentencing in a separate case, for federal tax charges he pleaded guilty to in the fall. Hunter Biden said he wanted to spare his family another painful ordeal after his gun trial aired salacious and embarrassing details about a time in which struggled with a crack cocaine addiction. Hunter Biden said he’s been sober since 2019.The tax charges carry up to 17 years behind bars. He also faces up to $1.35 million in fines.That sentencing hearing had been scheduled for Dec. 16.
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