Joe Biden Announces He’s Pardoning Son Hunter of Federal Gun, Tax Evasion Charges

President Joe Biden is making a controversial decision with less than two months to go in his presidency … announcing he’s pardoned his son Hunter.

The 46th POTUS announced the news just minutes ago … releasing a statement saying he’s stood by while watching his son being “being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.”

Biden goes on to say other people convicted of the same crimes — lying on federal forms and paying their taxes late because of addiction — are typically given non-criminal resolutions … but, Hunter was treated differently.

Worth noting … this justification sounds similar to comments Donald Trump made after he was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records back in May — comments Democrats slammed the president-elect for.

He ends his message by writing, “I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision.”

Hunter was convicted on three felony counts of lying on a federal firearms application back in June. All the lies were about his drug use … and, he was facing 25 years in prison for the conviction.

Three months later, Hunter agreed to plead guilty to nine federal charges in September after allegedly failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019.

President Biden promised months ago he wouldn’t pardon his son Hunter … so, this move came as a bit of a shock to many who had been following this case.

Of course, a major reason Joe is pardoing his son stems from his time as president coming to an end … and, with no more elections to run, this can’t hurt him in the future polls.