First Lady Jill Biden supported President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon Hunter Biden from criminal charges during a holiday news conference with National Guard members and their families at the White House on Monday.
‘Of course I support the forgiveness of my son,” Jill responded to a reporter’s shouted question about her comments.
BIDEN GIVEN SON HUNTERS BIDEN BEFORE EXIT FROM OVAL OFFICE
First lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, leaves the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building in Wilmington, Delaware on June 11, 2024. A federal jury has convicted Hunter Biden of all three federal gun crimes he faced. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Hunter is Jill Biden’s stepson.
The White House unveiled its Christmas decorations to the media ahead of the holidays, with this year’s theme being “A Season of Peace and Light,” announced by Jill Biden in a statement on Monday.
“As we celebrate our final holidays here at the White House, we are guided by the values we hold sacred: faith, family, service to our country, kindness to our neighbors, and the power of community and connection,” she said. spokesman. the Bidens wrote in a commemorative holiday guide that will be provided to visitors.
The announcement to grant clemency for Hunter’s two felony cases was made by the White House on Sunday evening. The pardon applies to crimes against the US that Hunter Biden “committed or may have committed” between January 1, 2014 and December 1, 2024.
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First Lady Jill Biden can be seen doing this in the file image. (Fox News/Screencap)
“Today I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” Biden wrote in a statement. ‘From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere in the matter Ministry of Justice I have kept my word, even as I have seen my son selectively and unjustly persecuted.”
The president further alleged that his son was “treated differently” by prosecutors.
President Biden forgives His son is departing from his previous comments to the media over the summer, in which he stated that he would not pardon the first son.
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Hunter Biden signed a legal acknowledgment of the pardon on December 1. (Obtained by Fox News)
“Yes,” President Biden told ABC News when asked if he would rule out pardoning Hunter ahead of his guilty verdict in the gun case.
Days later, after a jury of Hunter’s colleagues found him guilty of three gun crimes, the president again said he would not pardon his son.
Fox News Digital has contacted the White House for comment.
Emma Colton, Andrea Margolis and Alexandra Rego of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
