{"id":2642141,"date":"2026-08-08T10:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-admits-pardon-was-not-good-for-the-american-people\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:30:36","slug":"hunter-biden-admits-pardon-was-not-good-for-the-american-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-admits-pardon-was-not-good-for-the-american-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden admits pardon was &#8216;not good&#8217; for the American people"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fhunter-biden-admits-pardon-was-not-good-for-the-american-people%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=2642141&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>Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, publicly criticized his father&#8217;s decision to pardon him at the end of his presidency, stating it was not beneficial for the U.S. Constitution, his father&#8217;s legacy, or the American people. In a BBC interview, Hunter acknowledged that the pardon, which cleared him of federal gun charges and pending tax charges, was not good for the country or his father&#8217;s legacy, even though he expressed gratitude for the gesture. President Joe Biden defended the pardon, emphasizing his commitment to non-interference in Justice Department decisions. Hunter biden has recently re-emerged publicly, sharing a social media post and planning an interview with Tucker Carlson, as he seeks to improve his public image. Additionally, Hunter Biden recently won a $1.7 million defamation case related to allegations of Iran bribery.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"471\">Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> son <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"437\">Hunter Biden<\/a> spoke about his father\u2019s decision to pardon him at the end of his presidential term in a Friday interview, saying it was not \u201cgood for\u201d the U.S. Constitution, his father\u2019s legacy, or the American people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWas it good for our Constitution? Was it good for the American people? Was it good for my dad\u2019s legacy? No, on all counts. It was not,\u201d Hunter Biden said in an interview with BBC\u2019s <em>Newsnight<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s something that is easily criticized and for good reason. And I can\u2019t pretend otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4680142\/hunter-biden-pardon-not-good-father-legacy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hunter Biden admits pardon was \u2018not good\u2019 for the American people or his father\u2019s legacy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4679106\/don-lemon-dismiss-minnesota-church-protest-case\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Don Lemon moves to dismiss case over Minnesota church protest on selective and vindictive prosecution claims<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4679112\/dc-circuit-congress-approval-white-hosue-ballroom\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump must get Congress\u2019s approval for White House ballroom, DC court rules<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Biden unconditionally <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pardons\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1091\">pardoned<\/a> Hunter Biden in the last weeks of his presidency, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3246721\/wake-up-washington-examiner-joe-biden-breaks-word-senators-fired-up\/\">reversing<\/a> his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prior long-held stance<\/a> that he would not pardon his own son. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3246641\/joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter-of-all-criminal-charges\/\">pardon relieved Hunter Biden<\/a> of his conviction on three felony gun charges and of his then-upcoming sentencing hearing on nine federal tax charges, which he had pled guilty to.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department\u2019s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,\u201d Joe Biden said in a 2024 statement on the pardon. \u201cWithout 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hunter Biden told the outlet that although he believed the pardon was not \u201cgood\u201d for his father\u2019s legacy, he is \u201cgrateful\u201d for the decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll I know is that I\u2019m grateful that he did it for me,\u201d Hunter Biden said. \u201cAnd all I can say to anybody out there is: what would you have thought of my dad if he did not do that for me? And left me to the whims of Donald Trump? What would you think of a dad that would say \u2018I\u2019ll put you in a prison controlled by a guy who\u2019s made it clear that he\u2019s willing to do just about anything to get his way for himself\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4645060\/hunter-biden-win-defamation-case\/\"><strong>HUNTER BIDEN WINS $1.7 MILLION DEFAMATION CASE OVER IRAN BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hunter Biden has recently stepped further into the spotlight in an apparent attempt to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4609611\/hunter-biden-public-image-viral-media-campaign\/\">reclaim his public image<\/a>. He reemerged on social media in 2026, sharing on his first X post, \u201cYou\u2019ve never actually heard from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is also scheduled to sit down for an interview with Tucker Carlson on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden: Pardon hurt U.S. Constitution and legacy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2642142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26163617290347.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[33567,50410,32990,32528,51796],"class_list":["post-2642141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-american-politics","tag-controversy-2","tag-government-ethics","tag-hunter-biden","tag-pardon-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26163617290347.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642141","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\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2642141"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2642149,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2642141\/revisions\/2642149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2642142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2642141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2642141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2642141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}