President Joe Biden continues to express his unwavering love for his son, Hunter Biden, the 53-year old son is facing a federal case involving taxes and firearm possession.
However, Biden claims this doesn’t mean he will stand and fight Hunter’s legal battles for him.
During a press briefing on Thursday, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre if President Biden, 80, would ever consider using his power to grant executive clemency to issue a pardon for Hunter, to which she decisively responded, “No.”
When the reporter continued to press further, she once again responded firmly, “I just said no. The Department of Justice is independent. We give them the space to be independent and we respect the rule of law.”
In June, Hunter was indicted following a years-long federal investigation into his foreign business dealings, which began during President Donald Trump’s administration.
The investigation evolved over time, focusing also on Hunter’s income taxes and paperwork he used to purchase a firearm in 2018, on which he denied being “an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug or any other controlled substance” despite publicly admitting to struggles with addiction.
Hunter was ultimately charged with two misdemeanor counts of failing to pay federal income tax and a felony count of illegally possessing a weapon.
Hunter reached a deal with prosecutors that he would plead guilty to the misdemeanor charges, accept two years of probation and join a pretrial diversion program if the felony charge was dropped, but the plea deal was rejected by a Trump-appointed judge in court on Wednesday, leading Hunter to temporarily plead not guilty until a new deal was agreed upon.
When a reporter asked Jean-Pierre about the president’s reaction to Hunter’s chaotic arraignment on Wednesday, she declined to offer any specifics.
“This is a personal matter for Hunter Biden. This is, you know, a personal issue,” she said. “And as you know, this has been done in an independent way by the Department of Justice. It has been led by a Trump-appointed prosecutor.”
“The president and the first lady, they love their son and they support him as he is working to rebuild his life,” Jean-Pierre concluded the briefing.
Impeach Biden & remove him from office now, before he even gets a chance to pardon his traitorous son!!! Can you imagine the uproar if roles were reversed, and President Trump pardoned one of his children??? The lame-stream media would be falling all over themselves with self righteous indignation!!! Why can’t Kevin McCarthy man up & proceed with Biden’s impeachment??? We need some real Republican leaders (like President Trump)!!! Not a bunch of worthless eunuchs like McCarthy & McConnell!!! Disgraceful!!!