Hunter Biden acknowledges that being pardoned by his father was not a good sign for the US.
Hunter Biden thanks his father for saving him from going to prison, even if his pardon tarnished his legacy as president
Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, accepted that the presidential pardon through which he was freed from prison did not send a good signal to the American people or the rest of the world.
Although the scion of the Democratic president had already pleaded guilty to federal charges brought against him after having acquired firearms while being a drug user at the time, which legally prevented him from doing so, and due to other tax crimes of tax evasion, a presidential pardon prevented him from ending up in prison for several years.
The controversial thing about the issue was that the person responsible for forgiving him for his criminal history committed from January 1, 2014 to December 1, 2024, was his father.
In the final stretch of his administration, Joe Biden broke his word not to interfere for his son and respect any verdict determined by a jury against him.
On December 1, 2024, the 83-year-old politician signed the document that granted immunity to his son Hunter, leaving him far from Donald Trump and his desire for revenge against the Biden family, considering that they truncated his possibility of being re-elected in 2020.
More than a year and a half away, during an interview given to the BBC television program “Newsnight”, Joe Biden's son accepted that the gift given by his father was appropriate, but not the best seen in the eyes of the rest of his environment.
"It's something that's easily criticized, and rightly so. It's not fair. I was the only one in the world who could have received what I received from the only person in the world who could give it to me: my father.
Was it good for our Constitution? Was it good for the American people? Was it good for my father's legacy? Not in all aspects,” he said.
However, to those who still continue to judge what the former president did, Hunter Biden asks them to understand that any parent would most likely have acted in a similar way.
“I hope Americans understand why a father and president would make this decision,” he emphasized.
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