American President Joe Biden : US President Joe Biden has pardoned his son in the case of illegal gun possession and income tax evasion. President Biden has given information about this by issuing a statement on December 1. However, this decision taken by Biden is being called a U-turn on his earlier promise. In which he had said that he would not use the powers of his presidency to benefit his family.
Joe Biden issued official statement
Joe Biden issued an official statement on December 1 giving this information. In his statement, President Joe Biden said, “Today, I have signed a pardon for my son Hunter. Ever since I assumed the office of US President, I had said that I will not interfere in the decisions taken by the Justice Department and I have kept this promise. But I saw that my son was being unfairly targeted and prosecuted. The allegations leveled against him were politically motivated, so that he could attack me and oppose my electoral process.”
Biden further said, “I have followed a simple principle throughout my career: only tell the truth to the American people. It is true that I have full faith in the justice system, but when I struggled with it I felt that politics had infected the process as well. I hope the American people will understand why a father and a President took such a decision.”
What are the charges against Biden’s son Hunter??
Joseph Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, has been accused of tax evasion, illegal possession of weapons, misuse of government money and giving false testimony. It is noteworthy that Hunter had confessed to tax evasion and illegal possession of weapons in the Delaware court.
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