President Biden has just announced that he will be pardoning his son, Hunter Biden, arising out of the two federal criminal prosecutions from a Republican appointed special counsel.

Let me read for you, President Biden's statement where he just announced moments ago that he will be pardoning his son Hunter Biden.

Here's what it said.

Today I signed a pardon for my son Hunter.

From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department's decision-making,

and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively and unfairly prosecuted.

Without aggravating factors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon

as a straw purchaser, people are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely

for how they filled out a gun form.

Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but paid them back subsequently with interest and penalties are typically

given non-criminal resolutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently. The charges in his

cases came about only after several of my political

opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then a carefully

negotiated plea deal agreed to by the Department of Justice unraveled in the courtroom with a number of my political

opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process.

Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair reasonable resolution of Hunter's cases.

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.

There has been an effort to break Hunter who has been five and a half years sober even

in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution. In trying to break Hunter,

they've tried to break me and there's no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough.

For my entire career, I have followed a simple principle. Just tell the American people the

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