Joe Biden Pardons Son Hunter: Payout $600 for Every $100 Bet
When asked in early November whether President Joe Biden had any intention of pardoning his son, Press Secretary Jean-Pierre responded, "We've been asked that question multiple times. Our answer stands, which is no."
Jean-Pierre said she didn't have comment on pardons the president intends to make at the end of his term.
"I know pardons is going to be a big part of the questions that I get here over the next several weeks and a couple of months that we have," she said. "I don't have anything to share or any thought process on pardons. Once we have something to share, we certainly will share with that."
On Sunday December 1, reports surfaced that Biden had indeed decided to pardon Hunter.
BetOnline had been offering odds on a Hunter Biden pardon for the past several months now with a payout of $600 for every $100 bet if it were to occur.
Hunter Biden was scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 12 for his conviction on federal gun charges. He also was set to be sentenced on Dec. 16 in a separate criminal case in which he pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges in September.
"I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice — and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision," Biden said in a statement issuing a "full and unconditional 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 in his statement. "There has been an effort to break Hunter — who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution. In trying to break Hunter, they’ve tried to break me — and there’s no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough."
A representative for Special Counsel David Weiss did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Hunter Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell declined to comment.
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