The pardon covers offenses Hunter Biden "has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024."

Nearly all pardons target specific allegations or charges, making Hunter Biden’s unusual. The only other precedent was President Gerald Ford’s highly controversial move in which he pardoned “all offenses against the United States” that Nixon “has committed or may have committed” over the course of his presidency.

Joe Biden had repeatedly denied that he was going to pardon his son Hunter for his gun and tax evasion convictions or commute what was shaping up to be a substantive prison sentence. On the Sunday evening after Thanksgiving – at a moment when the American public’s attention was decidedly elsewhere – he announced he had changed his mind.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is criticizing President Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter, saying he is putting "his family ahead of the country."

Biden’s pardon covers his son’s offenses or alleged offenses dating back to January 1 2014, meaning Hunter is also protected from any other crimes he has not yet been charged with during that period.

Former federal prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks said the gun charges against President Joe Biden's son should never have been brought.

Hunter Biden had pleaded guilty to tax violations and was convicted on firearms-related charges and faced upcoming sentencing. The Democratic president's pardon comes as Republican President-elect Donald Trump,

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

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The “full and unconditional” pardon is aimed at protecting the president’s son from future prosecution by the Trump Justice Department.