The president of the United States, Joe Biden, announced this Sunday the pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, who in June was found guilty of crimes related to the illegal possession of weapons, alleging that it is a “miscarriage of justice” instigated by his political rivals.
“Today I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the decision-making of the Department of Justice, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son be selectively and unfairly prosecuted.” , reported in a press release.
The Democrat has justified this decision by claiming that Hunter “was treated differently” and that “he has been singled out just because he is (his) son.” “They have tried to break Hunter, who has been sober for five and a half years, despite relentless attacks and targeted persecution. By trying to break Hunter, they have tried to break me, and there is no reason to believe that this will happen.” will stop here. Enough is enough,” the US president declared.
Biden has joked about the fact that the charges against his son Hunter “arose only after being instigated by several of (his) political opponents in Congress” to attack him and “oppose (his) election.” Thus, he has pointed out to the Republicans for “exert political pressure on the process”after the plea deal that saw Hunter admit to nine tax evasion offenses in early September “fell apart in the courtroom.”
The president has disgraced the fact that his son has been accused of a serious crime only “for how he filled out a weapons form” and that he has been put on trial for tax evasion crimes instead of receiving a “non-criminal resolution”, which is what which is usually applied to “those who are late in paying their taxes due to serious addictions, but pay them later with interest and penalties.”
“I believe in the justice system, but while I have struggled with this, I also believe that crude politics has infected this process and has led to a miscarriage of justice,” Biden said.
Hunter was found guilty last June on three counts in a case related to the illegal purchase of a firearm in 2018, having acquired it when he was a known drug user. Two of the three crimes with which he was charged carry a maximum penalty of ten years in prison, while the third of them is punishable by up to five years.
Last September, the US president’s son pleaded guilty to nine chargesthree of them serious, related to the non-payment of 1.4 million dollars in taxes between 2016 and 2019, as well as trying to declare as business expenses payments he made to prostitutes, a subscription to a pornographic website, and the university of his daughter.
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