Trump labelled Joe Biden’s decision a 'miscarriage of justice' in a post on Truth Social
Trump labelled Joe Biden’s decision a 'miscarriage of justice' in a post on Truth SocialDecember 2, 2024 12:31 pmhas received a pardon from his father, the US President, after claiming his son was “selectively and unfairly prosecuted” by the US Justice Department.tax chargesJoe Biden’s son was due to be sentenced in two weeks, with legal experts predicting he likely would have served jail time after a plea deal collapsed last year.
The announcement ends a legal saga for the president’s son, who publicly disclosed he was under federal investigation in December 2020 – a month after Biden’s presidential victory.Hunter was first accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018. In September of this year, a federal jury convicted Hunter Biden on all three federal felony gun charges.
This marked the first time an immediate family member of a sitting president was found guilty of a crime during the president’s term.Hunter was indicted on nine tax charges in California, accused of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes while spending millions on a lavish lifestyle. “Then, a carefully negotiated plea deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unravelled in the courtroom – with several of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure to the process. Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter’s cases.”
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