Newly elected President Donald Trump predicted this back in October President Biden would pardon his son Hunter.
Speaking to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin on the sidelines of a campaign rally in Arizona, Trump was asked: “If you are president again, in the name of unity, would you consider pardoning Hunter Biden?”
“I wouldn’t do anything that would be over in terms of Hunter. It’s a sad situation,” Trump responded.
“I bet the father will probably pardon him, let’s see what happens, but he’s a bad boy, there’s no doubt about that,” Trump added.
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President-elect Donald Trump predicted to Fox News in October that President Biden would pardon his son Hunter. (Fox News)
On Sunday, President Biden accused Republicans of unfair treatment and claimed Hunter was “treated differently” by prosecutors as he announced his decision to forgive his son.
Hunter Biden was convicted of three firearms offenses at a trial in Delaware earlier this year and subsequently pleaded guilty to multiple tax crimes in September.
“From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Department of Justice’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I watched my son be selectively and unjustly prosecuted,” the statement said. the president.
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Hunter Biden and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden leave the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building in Wilmington, Delaware on June 7. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“Without aggravating factors such as use in a crime, multiple purchases or buying a gun as a straw buyer, people are almost never charged with a misdemeanor charge solely because of the way they filled out a gun form,” he continued. “Those who paid their taxes late due to serious addictions, but then paid them back with interest and penalties, typically receive non-criminal resolutions.”
Biden also recalled Hunter’s battle with substance abuse and asked Americans “to understand why a father and a president would come to this decision.”
President Biden (left) pardoned his son Hunter Biden on Sunday, December 1. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)
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“Efforts have been made to break Hunter, who has been sober for five and a half years, even in the face of persistent attacks and selective prosecution,” the president continued. “In their attempt to break Hunter, they’ve also tried to break me – and there’s no reason to think it will stop here. Enough is enough.’
