Nation strongly rejects Biden’s pardon of son Hunter
Biden had repeatedly promised not to pardon his son, who has faced gun and tax charges. But he flip-flopped this week and made the pardon good for an 11-year span.
Why Democrats now support the Hunter Biden pardon
If you dig into the polls' crosstabs, you can see that this shift was largely caused by Democrats. In the 2023 poll, Democrats opposed a Hunter Biden pardon 64 percent to 21 percent. But in this week's poll, those numbers were exactly reversed: 64 percent of Democrats approved of the pardon, and 21 percent disapproved.
Should Biden Have Pardoned Hunter? Newsweek Readers' Verdicts
Newsweek readers share their verdicts on Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter, convicted of tax evasion and firearm charges.
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Column: President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter is understandable. It’s also unforgivable
The president's son was facing years in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges and being convicted of gun charges related to his drug addiction.
What is the legal effect of President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter?
A Delaware jury in June found the president's son guilty of lying about his addiction to illegal drugs on a disclosure form that is required to purchase a firearm. The trial included hours of embarrassing testimony about Hunter Biden's addiction to crack and reckless behavior. He was scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 12.
President Biden pardons son Hunter Biden
Hunter Biden was convicted of three separate felony charges related to his purchase of a gun and pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges in a separate case.
Hunter Biden's Pardon Is Unprecedented
President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, has put the Democratic Party and many mainstream media commentators on the defensive.
Judge in Hunter Biden tax case calls president's pardon statement an attempt to 'rewrite history'
U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi said the president's characterization of the charges "stand in tension with the case record."
Clemency groups use Hunter pardon to pressure Biden
Democrats are ramping up the pressure on President Joe Biden to grant clemency to other Americans — and they aren’t afraid of leveraging the Hunter Biden pardon to get their message across. Criminal justice advocates and Democratic lawmakers have fanned out across the airwaves and released a flurry of statements this week calling on the president to use his clemency power to grant relief for death row inmates and other nonviolent offenders before he leaves office in January.
‘A Press Release Is Not A Pardon’: Judge Shreds Biden’s Hunter Move, Calls President A Liar
Trump-appointed Judge Mark C. Scarsi ripped into President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden on Tuesday in
John Fetterman says Hunter Biden, Trump both deserve pardons after 'politically motivated' trials
John Fetterman said Thursday that the federal cases against Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and the New York state hush money ...
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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman: Pardon Hunter Biden and Donald Trump
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., argued on Thursday that President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden and President-elect ...
Joe Biden's pardon of his son fuels debate over president's legacy
President Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter Biden was a gut-wrenching decision that his supporters and critics warn could ...
President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden
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Bill Clinton recalls pardoning half-brother, says it's not similar to Biden's controversial one of Hunter
Bill Clinton recalled the pardon of his half-brother, Roger Clinton, during an interview on Wednesday and said it wasn't the ...