The younger Biden is guilty of criminal gun and tax charges, and was slated to be sentenced on Dec. 12.
President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he has signed a pardon for his son Hunter Biden, who is guilty of federal tax and gun crimes. Biden had previously said that he would not interfere in his son’s case or pardon him.
“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” Biden wrote in a statement. “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.”
Biden added that it is clear Hunter was “treated differently” that others who committed similar crimes, and in part blamed “a number of my political opponents in Congress” who “[took] credit for bringing political pressure on the…
