Washington — President Biden nonetheless has no plans to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, within the ultimate months of his presidency, the White Area press secretary reiterated on Thursday.
“Now we have been requested that query more than one instances and our resolution stands — which isn’t any,” White Area press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated at Thursday’s press briefing.
The president said in June that he would no longer pardon or trip a possible jail sentence for his son, who was once convicted of three separate felony charges associated with his acquire of a revolver in 2018 when, in keeping with prosecutors, he was once scuffling with an habit to unlawful medicine and lied about it on forms to acquire the gun.
In September, Hunter Biden additionally introduced a surprise guilty plea in his tax evasion case. He was once charged with 3 prison tax offenses and 6 misdemeanor offenses, together with failure to document and pay his taxes, tax evasion and submitting a false go back.
After the September plea, Jean-Pierre additionally stated a pardon and commutation have been off the desk.
Hunter Biden is about to be sentenced in each circumstances in December, weeks sooner than his father leaves workplace.
