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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

White House declines to say if Joe Biden would commute Hunter’s sentence after felony gun conviction

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President Joe Biden may yet act to keep his only surviving son from serving time in prison after a jury in Delaware convicted him of three felony charges relating to his purchase of a firearm while addicted to drugs.

Aboard Air Force One, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would not say whether Biden would use his authority as president to commute any custodial sentence that may be imposed on his son, Hunter Biden, as a result of his conviction.

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