{"id":2375190,"date":"2024-12-01T20:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T01:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T20:59:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T01:59:20","slug":"breaking-joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Joe Biden Pardons Son, Hunter"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fbreaking-joe-biden-pardons-son-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=2375190&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--><p>On Sunday night, President Joe Biden pardoned his \u200dson, \u2062Hunter Biden, who had been convicted of \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-doj-mulling-charges-for-hunter-biden\/\" title=\"REPORT: DOJ Mulling Charges For Hunter Biden\">gun-related charges<\/a> and \u2062pled guilty to tax offenses.\u200b Initially, President Biden had stated that he would not interfere in his son&#8217;s legal matters. Hunter faced\u200c a potential 25-year prison sentence for gun charges and a\u2064 possible\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">17-year sentence\u2062 alongside significant fines<\/a> for the \u200btax \u2064case, which \u2062was focused on \u200bhis failure to pay\u2062 $1.4 million in taxes \u200bwhile living an extravagant \u2062lifestyle due to his\u200b addiction issues.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2064his statement \u2062regarding the pardon, President Biden expressed concern \u200bthat Hunter was subjected\u200d to selective and unfair\u2062 prosecution, attributing the charges to\u2063 political motivations. The pardon\u200b applies to any offenses Hunter may have committed between January 1, 2014, and\u2064 December 1, 2024. \u200bThe decision to pardon came shortly before Hunter&#8217;s\u2062 sentencing for his gun charges, which was scheduled for December 4, and followed a family Thanksgiving trip. The\u2063 situation continues to \u2062draw political attention, as President Biden emphasized the perceived injustice faced by his son.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sunday night, President Joe Biden pardoned son, Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president had promised not to pardon Hunter Biden, who was convicted of gun-related charges and had pleaded guilty in a tax case,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/01\/hunter-biden-pardon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>In June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-hunter-bidens-sentencing-federal-firearms-charges-delayed-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a> was found guilty of three felony gun charges in Delaware and faced a maximum of 25 years in prison, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hunter-biden-gun-trial-federal-charges-delaware-5dd8a9380235c6360a1ddb691ef24a06\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of verdict the president issued a statement, claiming he would respect the court and &ldquo;continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The younger Biden also pled guilty to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-surprises-prosecutor-suddenly-changing-plea-just-trial-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tax charges in California<\/a> in September, which carried a sentence of up to 17 years in prison and $1.3 million in fines.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/05\/nx-s1-5100805\/hunter-biden-trial-tax-evasion-addiction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a>, the &ldquo;case centered on Biden&rsquo;s failure to pay $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019&rdquo; while continuing to live an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reality-tv-can-serve-a-purpose-but-last-week-it-failed\/\" title=\"Reality TV Can Serve A Purpose, But Last Week, It Failed\">extravagant lifestyle<\/a>,&rdquo; according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When it became clear to me that the same prosecutors were focused not on justice but on dehumanizing me for my actions during my addiction, there was only one path left for me,&rdquo; Hunter Biden said after entering his plea. &ldquo;I will not subject my family to more pain, more invasions of privacy and needless embarrassment. For all I have put them through over the years, I can spare them this, and so I have decided to plead guilty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The move from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-bidens-final-thanksgiving-proclamation-leaves-important-part-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden<\/a>, which he said was due to his son &ldquo;being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,&rdquo; came shortly before he was set to depart for Africa, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department&rsquo;s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,&rdquo; Biden began his Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/12\/01\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Without aggravating factors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchaser, people are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form. Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but paid them back subsequently with interest and penalties, are typically given non-criminal resolutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then, a carefully negotiated plea deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room &mdash; with a number of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process. Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter&rsquo;s cases.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter&rsquo;s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son &mdash; and that is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There has been an effort to break Hunter &mdash; who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution. In trying to break Hunter, they&rsquo;ve tried to break me &mdash; and there&rsquo;s no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For my entire career I have followed a simple principle: just tell the American people the truth. They&rsquo;ll be fair-minded. Here&rsquo;s the truth: I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice &ndash; and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision,&rdquo; he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden decided to pardon his son following a family trip to Nantucket, Massachusetts, for Thanksgiving, and came only a day after the lawyers for Hunter Biden released a 52-page paper titled &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/11\/30\/hunter-biden-defense-sentencing-pardon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The political prosecutions of Hunter Biden,<\/a>&rdquo; the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Per the Post, &ldquo;[a]ccording to the text of the pardon, it applies to all offenses that Hunter Biden &lsquo;has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden was scheduled to be sentenced for his felony gun charges on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The Washington Post noted that the president had previously stated he would not pardon Hunter, who was convicted of gun-related offenses and had admitted guilt in a tax case. In June, Hunter was convicted of three felony gun charges in Delaware and could have faced up to 25 years in prison. Following the verdict, President Biden expressed his intention to respect the judicial process as Hunter considered an appeal. Additionally, in September, Hunter pleaded guilty to tax charges in California that could result in a sentence of up to 17 years and $1.3 million in fines.<\/p>\n<p>According to NPR, the case involved Hunter&#8217;s failure to pay $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019 while living an extravagant lifestyle. After entering his plea, he stated that he did not want his family to endure further pain or embarrassment due to his actions during addiction.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden&#8217;s decision for the pardon came just before a trip to Africa and was based on what he described as selective and unfair prosecution of his son. In his statement on Sunday, he emphasized that since taking office he had refrained from interfering with Justice Department decisions despite witnessing what he believed was unjust treatment towards Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that typically individuals are not prosecuted for minor errors on gun forms unless there are aggravating factors involved; thus suggesting that Hunter received different treatment due solely to being the president\u2019s son\u2014a situation he deemed wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also mentioned efforts aimed at breaking both him and his son through relentless attacks and political pressure surrounding these legal issues. He expressed hope for public understanding regarding this difficult decision made by both a father and president after spending Thanksgiving with family.<\/p>\n<p>The pardon applies retroactively from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024 for any offenses committed by Hunter during this period; sentencing for his felony gun charges is scheduled for December 4th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2375191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joe-and-Hunter.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3620,32327,32528,12559],"class_list":["post-2375190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden","tag-breaking-news","tag-hunter-biden","tag-pardons"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joe-and-Hunter.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375190","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375194,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375190\/revisions\/2375194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}