{"id":107774,"date":"2024-11-08T00:03:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T00:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/president-biden-has-no-plans-of-pardoning-son-hunter-biden-white-house-says\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T00:03:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T00:03:57","slug":"president-biden-has-no-plans-of-pardoning-son-hunter-biden-white-house-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/president-biden-has-no-plans-of-pardoning-son-hunter-biden-white-house-says\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden has no plans of pardoning son Hunter Biden, White House says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-11-07\/G_hunter-gty-er-241107_1731015473212_hpMain.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Celal Gunes\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC\">(WASHINGTON) &#8212; President Joe Biden does not plan to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, who was <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/hunter-bidens-sentencing-gun-charges-pushed-back-1\/story?id=114189646\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted on federal gun charges<\/a>, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated during a press briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Hunter Biden is scheduled to be sentenced next month on the gun charges as well as federal tax-related charges in a separate case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">When asked Thursday whether the president has any intention of pardoning his son, Jean-Pierre responded, &#8220;We&#8217;ve been asked that question multiple times. Our answer stands, which is no.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Jean-Pierre said she didn&#8217;t have comment on pardons the president intends to make at the end of his term, including any administration officials or people threatened by President-elect Donald Trump with legal action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">&#8220;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,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t have anything to share or any thought process on pardons. Once we have something to share, we certainly will share with that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">No son of a sitting president has faced a criminal trial before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">President Biden <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/biden-tells-muir-wouldnt-pardon-son-hunter\/story?id=110904482\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told ABC News anchor David Muir<\/a> during an interview in June amid the Delaware trial in the gun case that he would not pardon his son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Hunter Biden was ultimately <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/live-updates\/hunter-biden-gun-trial\/?id=110723981\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found guilty<\/a> that month on three felony counts related to his purchase of a firearm in 2018 while allegedly addicted to drugs. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN\">In a separate case, Hunter Biden <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/jury-selection-begins-hunter-bidens-federal-tax-trial\/story?id=113404001\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pleaded guilty<\/a> in September to nine federal tax-related charges in Los Angeles, where he is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 16.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celal Gunes\/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) &#8212; President Joe Biden does not plan to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, who was convicted on federal gun charges, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated during a press briefing on Thursday. Hunter Biden is scheduled to be sentenced next month on the<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/president-biden-has-no-plans-of-pardoning-son-hunter-biden-white-house-says\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}