Washington — The White House press secretary reiterated Thursday that President Biden still has no plans to pardon his son Hunter Biden in the final months of his presidency.
“We've been asked this question many times, and our answer is 'no,'” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a Thursday press conference.
chairman Said Said in June that he would not pardon or reduce his son's possible prison sentence Pleaded guilty to three separate felony charges According to prosecutors, he was involved in the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when he was struggling with an addiction to illegal drugs and lied about it on paperwork to obtain the gun.
Hunter Biden also offered in September a surprising guilty plea in his tax evasion caseHe was charged with three felony tax crimes and six misdemeanor crimes, including failure to file and pay taxes, tax evasion and filing false returns.
After the September plea, Jean-Pierre also said that amnesty and commutation were off the table.
Hunter Biden will be sentenced in both cases in December, just weeks before his father leaves office.