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Biden Pardons Son Hunter In Final Weeks Of Presidency

The pardon comes after President Joe Biden has repeatedly said he wouldn't intervene in his son's legal troubles (Credit: AFP)

US President Joe Biden on Sunday issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who is facing sentencing for two criminal cases, despite assurances that he would not intervene in his legal troubles.

"No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter's cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son -- and that is wrong," the president said in a statement, calling it "a miscarriage of justice."

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