President Biden announced on Sunday that his son Hunter would be honored after the younger Biden was convicted on federal gun charges and pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges, the outgoing Democratic congressman announced. He announced that he had signed a pardon.
Biden, 82, claimed he took the controversial action after seeing his son being prosecuted “selectively and unfairly.”
The change of direction comes after the president previously said he would not offer Hunter, 54, a pardon or pardon.
Hunter Biden pleaded guilty in September to nine counts of defrauding Americans of $1.4 million in taxes, and was convicted in June on three federal firearms charges.
“Absent aggravating factors such as use in a crime, multiple purchases, or purchase of a weapon as a straw purchaser, no one can be tried for a felony solely because of the way they filled out a gun application,” Biden said in a statement. There are almost no.”
“Non-criminal resolutions are typically available for people who missed paying their taxes due to severe addiction, but then repaid them with interest and penalties. It's clear that Hunter was treated differently.”
The outgoing Democratic commander-in-chief claimed that his son was “chosen just because he's my son, and that's wrong.”
“In the face of relentless attacks and selective prosecution, efforts have continued to break Hunter, who has been sober for five and a half years. In trying to break Hunter, they tried to break me too… And there's no reason to believe it's going to stop here,” Biden said. “That's enough.”
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