President Joe Biden is making a controversial decision with less than two months to go in his presidency … announcing he’s pardoned his son Hunter.
The 46th POTUS announced the news just minutes ago … releasing a statement saying he’s stood by while watching his son being “being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.”
Biden goes on to say other people convicted of the same crimes — lying on federal forms and paying their taxes late because of addiction — are typically given non-criminal resolutions … but, Hunter was treated differently.
JB says the charges in his cases only came about after Republicans in Congress used them to attack him … and, mentions how a plea deal in the tax evasion case fell apart in 2023 — with his Republican opponents taking credit for putting political pressure on the legal system to get the deal to come apart.
Joe says he believes in the legal system … but, he also believes it’s being weaponized by politicians in the case against his son — and, he’s not going to sit by while Hunter goes to prison for it.
Worth noting … this justification sounds similar to comments Donald Trump made after he was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records back in May — comments Democrats slammed the president-elect for.
He ends his message by writing, “I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision.”
Hunter was convicted on three felony counts of lying on a federal firearms application back in June. All the lies were about his drug use … and, he was facing 25 years in prison for the conviction.
Three months later, Hunter agreed to plead guilty to nine federal charges in September after allegedly failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019.
President Biden promised months ago he wouldn’t pardon his son Hunter … so, this move came as a bit of a shock to many who had been following this case.
Of course, a major reason Joe is pardoing his son stems from his time as president coming to an end … and, with no more elections to run, this can’t hurt him in the future polls.
Hunter was scheduled to be sentenced in both cases later this month.