However simply earlier than leaving the White Home, Biden used his powers to spare his youngest son from going to jail.
In a press release launched by the White Home, Biden mentioned: “Right now, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter.
“From the day I took workplace, I mentioned I’d not intrude with the Justice Division decision-making, and I stored my phrase whilst I’ve watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.”
He added: “For my complete profession I’ve adopted a easy precept: simply inform the American individuals the reality. They’ll be fair-minded.
“Right here’s the reality: I consider within the justice system, however as I’ve wrestled with this, I additionally consider uncooked politics has contaminated this course of and it led to a miscarriage of justice – and as soon as I made this choice this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it additional.
“I hope Individuals will perceive why a father and a President would come to this choice.”
The pardon got here simply days earlier than Hunter’s scheduled sentencing for his conviction on federal gun expenses.