President Joe Biden has issued a presidential pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, saying the charges against him were politically motivated. Throughout his term in office, President Biden had promised not to interfere in the legal proceedings against his son.
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00:00U.S. President Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter Biden weeks before leaving office.
00:06Hunter Biden had faced sentencing for tax evasion and several firearms convictions.
00:10In a statement, President Joe Biden said that these charges were politically motivated.
00:15He had earlier said he would not pardon his son nor commute his sentence.
00:20President-elect Donald Trump railed against the pardon on social media, calling it a miscarriage
00:25of justice.