{"id":1984718,"date":"2023-07-27T22:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T02:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-breaks-silence-on-whether-joe-biden-will-pardon-hunter\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T23:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T03:00:38","slug":"white-house-breaks-silence-on-whether-joe-biden-will-pardon-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-breaks-silence-on-whether-joe-biden-will-pardon-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"White House addresses potential Hunter Biden pardon."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-breaks-silence-on-whether-joe-biden-will-pardon-hunter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>White \u200dHouse\u200d Breaks Silence on Whether Joe Biden Will Pardon Hunter<\/h2>\n<p>Things aren\u2019t looking good for Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a press briefing on Thursday that President Joe Biden will not pardon \u2064his son Hunter as he faces a variety of criminal charges from tax fraud to illegal\u2062 gun possession.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/27\/hunter-biden-wont-get-pardon-from-father-white-house-insists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> reported that despite the collapse of his probation-only plea deal\u200d under scrutiny by a federal judge\u200b in Delaware this\u200d week, Jean-Pierre insisted the president would not be granting his son any special favors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs there any possibility that the president would end up pardoning his son?\u201d Fox News reporter Mark \u2063Meredith asked during the briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Jean-Pierre responded.<\/p>\n<p>As Meredith attempted to\u2064 follow up, Jean-Pierre cut him off, declaring \u201cI just said \u2018no\u2019 \u2014 \u200cI just answered,\u201d before calling on another journalist.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The White House\u2019s reaction to Hunter Biden\u2019s legal issues is \u200bunder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-breaks-silence-on-whether-joe-biden-will-pardon-hunter\/\" title=\"White House addresses potential Hunter Biden pardon.\">intense \u200cscrutiny amid claims<\/a> that the Department of Justice is interfering in the \u200binvestigation. Last\u2063 week, two\u200d IRS whistleblowers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/identity-gops-irs-whisteblower-x-revealed-hunter-biden-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> \u2063Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys \u2064in Los Angeles and Washington\u2062 were attempting to block the pursuit of further criminal charges.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Will \u2063Joe \u2063Biden pardon Hunter?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll \u200bentitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of \u200ccharge. You may opt out \u200cat anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms\u2062 of Use<\/a>.\n\t<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In another\u200d exchange \u200con Thursday,\u00a0Jean-Pierre maintained\u2064 Biden would \u200b\u201cabsolutely not\u201d receive favorable treatment from the DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan \u2063you state categorically that the\u200c administration has neither sought nor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-removed-chinese-military-company-from-u-s-blacklist-after-its-ceo-spoke-at-upenn-event\/\" title=\"Biden Removed Chinese Military Company From U.S. Blacklist After Its CEO Spoke at UPenn Event\">received favorable treatment<\/a> from the DOJ for any investigation\u200c into the \u200dpresident, members of the administration, his family or former President Donald Trump?\u201d \u2063reporter Brian Karem asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she\u2062 responded.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-issues-statement-hunter-bidens-day-federal-court-goes-off-rails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointed out<\/a> the DOJ\u2019s investigation was being \u201chandled independently\u201d and the White House\u2063 would have no undue influence over \u200cits outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case\u2064 was handled independently, as all of you know, \u2062by the \u2062Justice Department,\u200b under\u200d the leadership of a prosecutor appointed by \u2064the former president, President Trump,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She\u200c declined to provide further details, stating\u200c that Hunter is a \u201cprivate citizen and this is a personal matter for \u2062him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president,\u200c the\u2062 first lady, they love their son,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd \u200bthey support him as he continues to rebuild his \u2063life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments came\u200d after Maryellen Noreika, a federal judge in Delaware, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-files-telling-legal-motion-sweetheart-plea-deal-backfires-horribly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejected<\/a> the 53-year-old\u2019s proposed plea deal in which he \u2062would have pleaded guilty\u2062 to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/presidents-son-gets-sweetheart-deal-from-feds-on-gun-tax-charges\/\" title=\"President\u2019s Son Gets Sweetheart Deal From Feds on Gun, Tax Charges\">misdemeanor tax crimes<\/a> and \u200dbeen granted immunity from future criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>She ordered prosecutors and Biden\u2019s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-bidens-legal-team-reportedly-not-embarrassing-plea-implosion-angry-dejected-fuming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal team<\/a> to draw up a fresh agreement, adding she would need additional time to review it.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-changes-plea-original-sweetheart-deal-falls-apart-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pleading<\/a> \u200c \u201cnot guilty\u201d until a deal is agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Only \u200dtime will tell whether Biden actually follows through on his pledge not to pardon his embattled son. There is \u200cstill plenty of time left in his administration, and if Biden ends up leaving the White House in 2025,\u2064 his\u2064 commitment may be pushed to the \u200blimit. After all, this is not\u2063 a man known for keeping his word.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-breaks-silence-whether-joe-biden-will-pardon-hunter\/\">White House Breaks Silence on Whether Joe Biden Will Pardon Hunter<\/a> \u200c appeared first \u200don <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u200d Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden&#8217;s hopes for a presidential pardon, the White House press secretary confirmed that President Joe Biden will not intervene in his son&#8217;s legal troubles. Hunter is currently facing multiple criminal charges, including tax fraud and illegal possession of firearms. The New York Post highlighted the disappointing turn of events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2195,"featured_media":1984719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}