By Illinois Review
On Sunday, President Joe Biden issued a full pardon to his son Hunter – less than two months before he is set to leave office – becoming the first White House occupant to grant executive clemency to a child despite earlier promises to not intervene.
At a June press conference at the G7 summit in Italy, Biden said he would not exercise his presidential powers to pardon his son Hunter – stating that he will “abide by the jury decision” and that “I will not pardon him.”
But on Sunday, The White House issued a statement from the president stating his son was “selectively, and unfairly prosecuted” and that he “signed a pardon for my son Hunter.”
“Enough is enough.”
On June 11th, the First Son was convicted of three felony charges related to the purchase of a gun where he lied on an official form and said that he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs – despite being a known drug addict.
Ever since Biden took office in 2021, his Justice Department has singled out his chief political opponent Donald Trump for fake and non-existent crimes – indicting Trump on 37 felony counts in June 2023 for mishandling classified documents and two months later, indicting him on an additional four more felony charges for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
Last week, Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed by Biden’s attorney general, filed motions to drop all the charges against Trump after he won the presidential election by a landslide. Smith also said he would resign as special counsel before Trump is sworn into office on January 20, 2025.
