What did Hunter Biden do and what is a presidential pardon?
US President Joe Biden has issued a presidential pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing for two criminal cases. The move has proven controversial, since Biden senior previously ruled out such a move. But he argued that the cases against his son were politically motivated.
Daily Briefing: A pardon for Hunter Biden
What the president said: "Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter," Biden said in a statement on Sunday. "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."
President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden despite pledges not to
In a stunning reversal, President Biden announced Sunday that he pardoned his son Hunter Biden who was convicted of gun and tax crimes.
President Joe Biden issues pardon for son Hunter Biden
President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who was convicted on tax evasion and federal gun charges and is due for sentencing in December. Despite the White House's assurances last month that the president had no intentions of pardoning his son, the announcement came through on Sunday evening that he had pardoned him.
Hunter Biden Pardon Starting From 2014 Raises Burisma Questions
President Joe Biden's pardon of his son covers the period when he joined the board at the Ukrainian energy company.
A Pardon for Hunter Biden
President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump now agree on one thing: The Justice Department has been politicized.
With Hunter pardon, Biden joins short list of presidents who absolved family
While controversy over presidential pardons has a long history — from George Washington absolving instigators of the Whiskey Rebellion in 1795 to Gerald Ford pardoning Richard M. Nixon after the Watergate scandal forced his resignation — few have used the constitutionally vested power to pardon family members.
Joe Biden Sends Parting Shot at GOP in Bombshell Pardon for Son Hunter
President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday just days before he was scheduled to be sentenced in separate federal gun and tax cases—marking an about face for the lame-duck president. “From the day I took office,
Biden’s pardon of son, Hunter, to reverberate on Capitol Hill
President Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter, is set to reverberate on Capitol Hill this week, as lawmakers react to the news after years of GOP investigations targeting the younger Biden’s business dealings.
President Biden pardons his son Hunter
President Joe Biden said Dec. 1 that he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who was found guilty of gun-related charges and pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
We haven’t seen a pardon as sweeping as Hunter Biden’s in generations
The “full and unconditional” pardon is aimed at protecting the president’s son from future prosecution by the Trump Justice Department.
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Biden’s pardon of his son pours fuel on Trump’s claims of politicized justice
President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter deepened an entanglement of politics and the rule of law that has tarnished ...