US President Joe Biden apparently wouldn’t spare his son if he were convicted on gun charges. The US White House issued the first response after Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was charged with lying about his drug use when he purchased a handgun in 2018. Hunter was also charged with illegally possessing the weapon. According to reports, the White House said Biden wouldn’t pardon Hunter if he were to be convicted on gun charges. When asked if Biden would commute his son’s sentence if convicted on gun charges, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said no.
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00:00 US President Joe Biden apparently wouldn't spare his son Hunter Biden if he was convicted
00:06 on gun charges.
00:08 The US White House issued the first response after Biden's son Hunter was charged with
00:13 lying about his drug use when he purchased a handgun in 2018.
00:18 Hunter was also charged with illegally possessing the weapon.
00:21 According to reports, the White House said that Biden wouldn't pardon Hunter if he were
00:25 to be convicted on gun charges.
00:27 When asked if Biden would commute his son's sentence if convicted on gun charges, White
00:33 House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said no.
00:47 Hunter Biden is currently facing three felony gun charges, which accuse him of illegally
00:51 acquiring a firearm while under the influence of drugs.
00:54 If convicted, these charges could result in a 10-year prison sentence.
00:59 His legal counsel has vigorously denied the allegations, contending that their constitutionality
01:04 is highly questionable.
01:06 The President's son is under investigation by a federal special counsel for alleged tax
01:10 improprieties and subject to a Republican-led House inquiry into his previous business dealings.
01:17 Special counsel David Weiss has indicated his intention to finalise charges related
01:21 to the tax misconduct by the end of the month.
01:24 Republicans maintain that President Biden exploited his position to secure lucrative
01:28 deals for his son, and members of the House GAP have leveraged these claims to advocate
01:33 for an impeachment inquiry against the President.
01:36 On impeachment, you just mentioned House Republicans' baseless claims.
01:40 How confident are you that there will be no evidence that incriminates President Biden
01:44 in Hunter's business dealings as this goes forward?
01:46 So let me just give a little bit of a lay down here because I think it's important.
01:50 Any specifics to the inquiry, certainly I want to say this at the top, as I said to
01:55 Darlene, I'm going to refer you to my colleagues at the counsel's office.
01:59 But I also want to be clear about a couple of things.
02:03 I just talked about binomics.
02:04 I just talked about what the President's going to do tomorrow, really deliver a major speech,
02:08 something that the American people want to hear about.
02:10 What are we doing to improve their lives, work on the economy?
02:14 And these are real issues, real priorities for Americans.
02:19 And like I said, like lowering costs.
02:20 But what you see Republicans in Congress, right, they have spent all year investigating
02:26 the President.
02:27 That's what they've spent all year doing and have turned up with no evidence, none, that
02:33 he did anything wrong.
02:34 I mean, that is what we've heard over and over again from their almost yearlong investigation.
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