What Biden Left Out of Pardon Statement

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. On Dec. 1, President Joe Biden provided a blanket pardon for his son, Hunter, for any potential crimes committed over a 10-year period. In the statement Biden provided to justify his reversal of position, he left out a few inconvenient facts: He claimed Hunter Biden was “singled out” and “unfairly” prosecuted “only because he is my son,” blaming his “political opponents in Congress” for the “selective prosecution.” But multiple judges rejected that argument, saying there was no clear evidence of it. He said others “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,” arguing that “Hunter was treated differently.” But prosecutors say Hunter Biden continued to commit tax crimes even after he was sober. The Department of Justice announced on Dec. 7, 2023, that a grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against Hunter Biden, alleging that he “engaged in a four-year scheme in which he chose not to pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019 and to evade the assessment of taxes for tax year...