President Joe Biden has issued a written statement explaining his decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden. Full written statement from President Joe Biden on his decision to pardon his son:

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, reversing his earlier pledge to leave the legal proceedings entirely up to the judicial system. Hunter Biden had pleaded guilty to tax violations and was convicted on firearms-related charges and faced upcoming sentencing.

Some Democrats fear that Trump will use the pardon to criticize the justice system and bolster his own efforts to remake it.

U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden after repeatedly pledging not to. Below is a look at the circumstances leading up to the pardon and its legal consequences.

President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, though he had previously said he would not do so. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden had long pledged that he would not pardon his son, Hunter, who was set to be sentenced this month for gun and tax convictions. But on Sunday, the president did it anyway.

On Sunday, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, ahead of the younger Biden's sentencing scheduled for this month for federal felony gun and tax convictions. Hunter Biden was convicted in June on gun and tax related charges.

Despite pledging as recently as early November he would not go through with it, President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden on the night of Dec. 1. He said he “believe[s] raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice.

President Joe Biden announced Sunday he would pardon his son Hunter Biden, who was convicted of gun and tax crimes, days before sentencings.

Hunter Biden’s legal travails have cast a shadow over his father’s presidency. In June, he was convicted of lying on a gun-purchase form in 2018. He checked a box denying the