{"id":4636,"date":"2023-07-31T11:48:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4636"},"modified":"2023-07-31T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:48:40","slug":"white-house-press-secretary-gives-tense-response-to-possibility-of-hunter-biden-pardon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4636","title":{"rendered":"White House Press Secretary Gives Tense Response to Possibility of Hunter Biden Pardon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Thursday, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, rejected the notion that President Biden might issue a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden. Hunter is currently embroiled in ongoing legal difficulties stemming from a federal investigation, in addition to facing two charges of deliberately neglecting to pay federal income tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean-Pierre responded with a simple &#8220;No,&#8221; when Mark Meredith from Fox News questioned during the daily White House press conference whether there was any chance Biden might pardon his son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She cut off an attempted follow-up question, stating, &#8220;I just said no,&#8221; before proceeding to engage with another journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Karine Jean-Pierre says there is no possibility that President Biden will pardon his son Hunter.<br><br>Reporter: &quot;Is there any possibility that the president would end up pardoning his son?&quot;<br><br>KJP: &quot;No&quot;<br><br>Why would Hunter Biden need to be pardoned when the Department of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iO9ZiGsVYY\">pic.twitter.com\/iO9ZiGsVYY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1684642847117697025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have shown &#8220;support&#8221; for Hunter after he pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges during his initial appearance at a federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was anticipated that Hunter would plead guilty to the two charges as part of a plea agreement to avoid imprisonment for a felony gun charge. However, the plea deal did not come to fruition, leading him to plead not guilty. This development comes as prosecutors confirmed he is still under a federal investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, during the press briefing, the White House consistently dismissed inquiries about the failed plea agreement. This was after they tried to preemptively discourage reporters from asking questions about Hunter&#8217;s ongoing legal challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the plea deal had been successful, Hunter would have received broad immunity shielding him from potential prosecution for a multitude of purported and possible federal offenses, as per the recently disclosed documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This legal deal was composed of a plea agreement related to the tax charges, and a corresponding pretrial &#8220;diversion agreement&#8221; regarding a distinct felony charge: possession of a firearm by an individual unlawfully using or addicted to a controlled substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the terms of the diversion agreement, the government would have refrained from charging Hunter with the more grave firearm offense, provided he pleaded guilty to the tax charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the court proceedings, Politico managed to acquire and disclose the text of both agreements that were part of Hunter&#8217;s deal. Most notably, the diversion agreement incorporated a clause that provided him with extensive immunity for an indefinite period. This immunity would cover a range of matters that the Justice Department has examined over the years in its long-term investigation into the President&#8217;s son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailypoliticalnewswire.com\/white-house-press-secretary-gives-tense-response-to-possibility-of-hunter-biden-pardon\/\">https:\/\/dailypoliticalnewswire.com\/white-house-press-secretary-gives-tense-response-to-possibility-of-hunter-biden-pardon\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, rejected the notion that President Biden might issue a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden. Hunter is currently embroiled in ongoing legal difficulties stemming from a federal investigation, in addition to facing two charges of deliberately neglecting to pay federal income tax. Jean-Pierre responded with a simple &#8220;No,&#8221; when Mark Meredith from Fox News questioned during the daily White House press conference whether there was any chance Biden might pardon his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hunter-biden"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4637,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4636\/revisions\/4637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}