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Last week President Joe Biden told ABC News he would not issue a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, if he were convicted on a series of felony gun charges by a jury in Delaware.
OnTuesday,HunterBidenwashandedthreeguiltyverdictsandfaces25yearsinfederalprison.WhileBidenruledoutapardon,henevermentionedacommutation.
DuringagagglewithreportersonAirForceOneWednesday,WhiteHousePressSecretaryKarineJeanPierrewouldn’truleoutthepossibilityofcommutationfromPresidentBidentohissonandkeptdeferringtohisstatementaboutafullpardon.
“Hehasruledoutpardoninghisson,butIwonderedaboutacommutation—whetherthatwouldbesomethingthatwouldbeonthetable—acommutation,”areporterasked.
“WhatI’msayingisthatthePresident,Ihavenotspoken,tothepresidentaboutthis.AndwhatI’msayingishewasaskedaboutapardon.Hewasaskedabout,hewasaskedaboutthetrialspecifically,andheansweredveryclearly,veryforthright.Asweknow,thesentencinghasn’tevenbeenscheduledyet,”JeanPierresaid.
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