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December 2, 2024
President Biden Pardons Hunter Biden After Repeatedly Vowing Not To
President Biden issued a pardon for his son Hunter Biden Sunday evening
in a major reversal after Joe Biden repeatedly vowed not to use his
executive authority to intervene in his son's criminal cases. Hunter
Biden was set to be sentenced on December 12 for his federal gun
conviction and on December 16 for his California tax evasion case.
President Biden said he made the decision because the charges against
Hunter were politically motivated and "instigated" by his rivals, saying
his son was "singled out only because he is my son."
President Biden is now facing renewed pressure to commute the sentences
of death row prisoners and to pardon or grant clemency to political
prisoners like Indigenous leader Leonard Peltier and the whistleblowers
Edward Snowden and Julian Assange. Meanwhile, the group the Debt
Collective posted, "Pardon our student loans next."
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