"Today I signed a pardon for my son Hunter," the American leader said in a statement issued by the White House press service on Sunday. - From the first day in office, I said that I would not interfere in the decision-making of the US Department of Justice. And I kept my word, even as I watched my son being subjected to selective and unfair persecution." "The charges in his cases were brought only after several of my political opponents in Congress provoked this in order to attack me and to oppose my election," the American leader believes.
As follows from the statement, we are talking about proceedings in the states of Delaware and California. In Delaware, Hunter Biden was charged with violations related to the possession of firearms. He was found guilty. In California, the son of the American leader pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
The White House has repeatedly stated that Biden has no plans to pardon his son, reports tass.ru.
