White House reporters grilled Karine Jean-Pierre over Joe Biden’s decision to pardon Hunter even though he repeatedly promised he would not pardon his son or commute his sentences.
On Sunday, Joe Biden issued a full and unconditional pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, absolving him of any federal crimes committed between 2014 and 2024.
Hunter was facing federal tax fraud charges in California and felony gun charges in Delaware.
Joe Biden’s full statement on the Hunter pardon:
Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted. Without aggravating factors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchaser, people are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form. Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but paid them back subsequently with interest and penalties, are typically given non-criminal resolutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently.
The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then, a carefully negotiated plea deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room – with a number of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process. Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter’s cases.
No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son – and that is wrong. There has been an effort to break Hunter – who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution. In trying to break Hunter, they’ve tried to break me – and there’s no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough.
For my entire career I have followed a simple principle: just tell the American people the truth. They’ll be fair-minded. Here’s the truth: I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice – and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision.
A White House reporter pointed out Biden lied about his decision to pardon Hunter.
“You have said repeatedly yourself said since the election, the president has said for months no pardon was coming… could those statements now be seen as lies from the American people?” a reporter asked KJP aboard an Air Force One gaggle en route to Angola.
Karine Jean-Pierre gaslighted the public and said Biden is always truthful with the American people.
“First of all, one of the things that the president always believes is to be truthful to the American people. That is something that he always truly believes,” KJP said.
AUDIO:
NEW: Karine Jean-Pierre says Biden always believes to be “truthful to the American people” after a reporter asked her why Biden lied about not pardoning his son.
The gaslighting never ends.
Reporter: You and Biden said for months that he wouldn’t pardon Hunter… could those… pic.twitter.com/xTPVqNR7kj
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 2, 2024
Recall that KJP repeatedly insisted that Joe Biden would not pardon Hunter Biden.
WATCH:
Here’s Karine Jean-Pierre saying over an over again that Joe Biden will absolutely not pardon his son Hunter…
She claimed he wouldn’t on at least 4 separate occasions.
It’s the supercut you didn’t know you needed. pic.twitter.com/3lwBVrzzK3
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) December 2, 2024
And Biden was not truthful with the American people.
Joe Biden discussed pardoning his son Hunter 6 months ago while he was publicly claiming he would not issue Hunter a pardon or commute his sentences.
According to NBC News, Joe Biden discussed pardoning Hunter back in June when Hunter was convicted, however, he told his aides he would lie to the public about his pardon plans.
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