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US President Joe Biden has issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing for two criminal cases, despite previously ruling it out.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the president said his son had been “singled out” and called his cases “a miscarriage of justice”.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the pardon, President-elect Donald Trump said: “Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the [6 January] Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump was referring to his supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 in a bid to overturn Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

Joe Biden’s full and unconditional pardon for his son comes after the president had previously said he would not give him clemency.<\/p>\n

Just a couple of months ago, in September, the White House press secretary said that Biden would not issue a pardon for his son.<\/p>\n

But 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”.<\/p>\n

“From 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,” he said.<\/p>\n

Biden said he wrestled with the decision, and added: “once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further.”<\/p>\n

“I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision,” he said.<\/p>\n

In a reaction statement, Hunter Biden said mistakes he made during the darkest days of his addiction had been “exploited to publicly humiliate and shame” his family for political sport.<\/p>\n

“I will never take the clemency I have been given today for granted and will devote the life I have rebuilt to helping those who are still sick and suffering,” the 54-year-old added.<\/p>\n

The younger Biden has been sober for five-and-a-half years, his father said.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time a US president has pardoned a member of their family.<\/p>\n

Bill Clinton pardoned his younger half-brother, Roger Clinton, for a 1985 cocaine-related offence in 2001.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Donald Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of his daughter Ivanka. President-elect Trump has recently announced that Kushner will be the new ambassador to France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to nine counts of federal tax fraud in September, for which he had been facing up to 17 years in prison.<\/p>\n

He was also convicted of three felonies in connection with a gun purchase in June, for which he had been facing up to 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Sentencing for these cases had been scheduled for 12 and 16 December.<\/p>\n

His legal troubles had been a dark cloud over his father’s presidential campaign, which came to an end in July after Biden pulled out of the election race<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Biden endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the Democratic candidate, who lost the election to Republican Donald Trump<\/a> in November. <\/p>\n

Trump is set to take over the Oval Office from Biden on 20 January 2025 – Inauguration Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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