Politico Calls For Joe Biden To Commute Prison Sentence For Son Hunter

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In a recent article, Politico advocated for Joe Biden to pardon his son, Hunter Biden.

On December 12, Hunter Biden will be sentenced for lying on documents about his drug addiction while purchasing a gun in 2018.

Hunter will also be sentenced in December for his tax fraud conviction.

Politico wrote Biden previously vowed to not pardon his son Hunter but hinted Biden should reverse his decision.

“But Biden may have good reason to change his mind — not least of all, because he was effectively ousted as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee,” the Political column read.

 

Per Politico:

Thanks to President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, Donald Trump is headed to the White House, and his son Hunter might be headed to prison. And believe it or not, the drama will intensify shortly.

In a matter of weeks, the younger Biden is set to be sentenced in two different criminal courts. On Dec. 12, he will appear in federal court in Delaware, where he was convicted over the summer of buying a gun in 2018 while addicted to drugs. Several days later, he is set to appear before a federal judge in Los Angeles for sentencing on tax fraud charges, which he pleaded guilty to in September just as a trial was about to get underway.

There has been speculation in Washington for months about whether Biden will pardon his son. The question raises a host of considerations — legal, political, practical and historic — that cannot be easily disentangled or reconciled. But, in the end, should he do it?

Particularly in the wake of Trump’s victory, Biden is on strong ground — at a minimum — to commute any sentence of imprisonment for his son Hunter before he leaves office. Not a pardon exactly, but an important show of mercy.

A commutation would not wipe the slate clean like a pardon. It would not suggest Hunter Biden was innocent or deserved forgiveness for his crimes, but it would spare him potentially years behind bars and avoid further pain for the Biden family.

It’s true that this would amount to a reversal for the president. Biden said repeatedly while he was still running for reelection that he would not pardon his son or commute any sentence, a stance the White House reiterated days after Trump’s win.

It’s true that this would amount to a reversal for the president. Biden said repeatedly while he was still running for reelection that he would not pardon his son or commute any sentence, a stance the White House reiterated days after Trump’s win.

But Biden may have good reason to change his mind — not least of all, because he was effectively ousted as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee and now must watch as Trump, who lies more prolifically and corrupted the pardon process more egregiously than any president in modern American history, will return to the White House.



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