Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Sunday referenced the past trauma inflicted on President Biden's family when discussing the recent pardon for his son Hunter Biden.
“This is a man who loves his children and has been through quite a bit, losing his ex-wife and children in 2015. [an] “I'm watching two young boys, Beau and Hunter, who are in a car accident and end up critically hospitalized and trying to rebuild their lives,” Durbin told anchor Jake Tapper on CNN's “State of the Union.” spoke.
He was pardoned by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) by Biden.
In a statement last Sunday, the president claimed that the charges against his son in 2018, including three felonies related to the purchase and possession of a gun, were politically motivated.
“No reasonable person considering the facts of Mr. Hunter's case could come to any other conclusion than that Mr. Hunter was chosen solely because he is my son. That is wrong,” Biden said. said.
In a post on social platform said. The Colorado Democrat has also expressed distaste for the pardon, including Sens. Peter Welch (Vermont), Gary Peters (Michigan) and Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin). There is.
President Biden's decision to pardon his son was a shift from previous positions, as the president and his allies had said they did not intend to grant a pardon for more than a year.
“He promised he wouldn't do that and now he's doing it and it's a labor of love,” Durbin said Sunday.
