In a shock move, President Joe Biden has granter his son, Hunter, unconditional pardon.
Biden issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing for two criminal cases, despite previously saying he would not grant his son a pardon.
Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to tax charges earlier in September, and was found guilty of being an illegal drug user in possession of a gun in June – becoming the first child of a sitting president to be a convicted of a crime.
However, Biden has issued a statement, saying, his son had been “singled out” and called his cases “a miscarriage of justice”.
On Sunday evening, President Biden said although he believed in the justice system, “politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice”.
“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,” he said.
Biden said he wrestled with the decision, and added: “Once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further.”
“I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision,” he said.
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