In an eleventh hour reversal, President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who was set to be sentenced later this month on federal gun charges.
Despite insisting for months that he would not grant clemency to his son, Biden wrote in a statement Sunday night that he believed the case against Hunter was “selectively and unfairly prosecuted” for crimes committed when Hunter was in active addiction, which is why he ultimately decided to issue the pardon.
“No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son — and that is wrong,” Biden said.