In response to a question on the topic, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that President Joe Biden still does not plan to pardon his son, Hunter. This comes as President Biden enters a lame-duck session after President-elect Donald Trump’s election win this week.“Our answer stands, which is no,” Jean-Pierre told reporters.Hunter Biden faces criminal sentencing in two cases. He was found guilty in June on charges that he lied about his drug use on a federal form to purchase a gun, which he possessed for 11 days. He also pleaded guilty in September to nine federal tax charges.Sentencing for the gun charges is scheduled for Dec. 4. He faces up to 25 years in jail, though as a first-time offender, he may receive a lesser sentence. In the tax trial, sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 16, and he faces up to 17 years imprisonment and up to $1.3 million in fines.Jean-Pierre was also asked if commutation was on the table for Hunter Biden.“That’s not what we’re going to do,” she said.President Biden has said from the beginning that he would not interfere in his son’s legal troubles and that he would “continue to respect the judicial process.” Hunter Biden is the first child of a sitting president to be criminally convicted.
In response to a question on the topic, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that President Joe Biden still does not plan to pardon his son, Hunter. This comes as President Biden enters a lame-duck session after President-elect Donald Trump’s election win this week.
“Our answer stands, which is no,” Jean-Pierre told reporters.
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Hunter Biden faces criminal sentencing in two cases. He was found guilty in June on charges that he lied about his drug use on a federal form to purchase a gun, which he possessed for 11 days. He also pleaded guilty in September to nine federal tax charges.
Sentencing for the gun charges is scheduled for Dec. 4. He faces up to 25 years in jail, though as a first-time offender, he may receive a lesser sentence. In the tax trial, sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 16, and he faces up to 17 years imprisonment and up to $1.3 million in fines.
Jean-Pierre was also asked if commutation was on the table for Hunter Biden.
“That’s not what we’re going to do,” she said.
President Biden has said from the beginning that he would not interfere in his son’s legal troubles and that he would “continue to respect the judicial process.”
Hunter Biden is the first child of a sitting president to be criminally convicted.
