Pardon Me?
President Biden Pardons His Son
On Dec. 1, President Joe Biden issued a “Full and Unconditional Pardon” to his son Robert “Hunter” Biden as well as a statement about it. The pardon applied to not just crimes H. Biden had been convicted of, but any that he participated or may have participated in from Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2024. Many politicians are unsupportive of the pardon, and the general public harbors an identical opinion.
“I don’t think he should have been pardoned,” freshman Jillian Griffin said. “Just because he is the president’s son doesn’t mean he should’ve been pardoned.”
H. Biden has been convicted of three felonies, consisting of tax evasion, making a false statement when purchasing a firearm and illegally owning a gun. From 2016 to 2019, H. Biden owed $1.4 million in self-assessed taxes. He purposefully avoided paying these taxes for all four years, and instead spent millions of dollars on drugs, various women, “adult entertainment,” clothing and other luxurious items. H. Biden was also a crack cocaine addict, spending much of his money on that as well.
He purchased a Colt Cobra 38 SPL revolver on Oct. 12, 2018 from a federally licensed firearms dealer. When buying the firearm, he knowingly lied on the ATF Form 4473, a form required to be completed when purchasing a firearm.
The false statement was that H. Biden was, “not an unlawful user, or addicted to, any stimulant, narcotic drug or any other controlled substance.” His third felony was the 11-day period of Oct. 12 to Oct. 23, 2018, where H. Biden unlawfully possessed a firearm while knowing he was an unauthorized user.
“There has been an effort to break Hunter—who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution,” J. Biden said in his Sunday statement. “In trying to break Hunter, they’ve tried to break me—and there’s no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough.”
Prior to leaving the presidential race, J. Biden pledged not to pardon his son. After that, the White House continuously sent out confirmations that J. Biden had no intentions to do so, but on Nov. 30, the president started informing the White House staff about his decision. For his reasoning as to why his son was pardoned, J. Biden has claimed his son was “treated differently,” due to his father’s position.
“No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son—and that is wrong,” J. Biden said.
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