President Biden and the White House have emphatically insisted that the president wouldn’t pardon his son, Hunter Biden.
But all of that changed on Sunday, when Biden announced he would indeed grant leniency on Hunter who was convicted on gun charges and pleaded guilty to federal tax charges and was facing a sentencing this month.
The president and his aides had been asked numerous times if a Hunter Biden pardon was being considered, decisively answering "no" on a multitude of occasions for over a year.
Here are the times that the president and his aides said Hunter wouldn’t be pardoned.
Nov. 7, 2024
Just after the election, when Trump beat Vice President Harris to become to the 47th president, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated that there were no plans to pardon Hunter.
Jean-Pierre was questioned on if the president had any intention of pardoning his son, replying, “We've been asked that question multiple times.”
“Our answer stands, which is no,” Jean-Pierre said.
When asked about the possibility of a commutation, Jean-Pierre said, “That’s not what we’re going to do.”
Sept. 5,........© The Hill