Washington — President Biden still has nary plans to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, successful nan last months of his presidency, nan White House property caput reiterated connected Thursday.
"We've been asked that mobility aggregate times and our reply stands — which is no," White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said astatine Thursday's property briefing.
The president said in June that he would not pardon aliases commute a imaginable situation condemnation for his son, who was convicted of 3 abstracted felony charges related to his acquisition of a revolver successful 2018 when, according to prosecutors, he was battling an addiction to forbidden narcotics and lied astir it connected paperwork to get nan gun.
In September, Hunter Biden besides offered a astonishment blameworthy plea in his tax evasion case. He was charged pinch 3 felony taxation offenses and six misdemeanor offenses, including nonaccomplishment to record and salary his taxes, taxation evasion and filing a mendacious return.
After nan September plea, Jean-Pierre besides said a pardon and commutation were disconnected nan table.
Hunter Biden is group to beryllium sentenced successful some cases successful December, weeks earlier his begetter leaves office.
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Caitlin Yilek
Caitlin Yilek is simply a authorities newsman astatine CBSNews.com, based successful Washington, D.C. She antecedently worked for nan Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a personnel of nan 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship pinch nan National Press Foundation.