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By America-Today  December,3 2024

Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden on

Sunday night, a reversal for the president who repeatedly said he

would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute

his sentence.

"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 — and once I made this decision this weekend,

there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will

understand why a father and a President would come to this

decision," Biden said in his statement.

Hunter Biden was scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 12 for his

conviction on federal gun charges. He also was set to be sentenced

Dec. 16 in a separate criminal case in which he pleaded guilty to

federal tax evasion charges in September.

The president issued a "full and unconditional pardon" for any

offenses Hunter Biden has “committed or may have committed or

taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through

December 1, 2024," according to the White House statement.