U.S. President Joe Biden reiterated on Thursday (June 13) that he would not pardon his son Hunter, who was convicted this week of lying about his drug use to buy a gun in 2018.
“I will abide by the jury decision,” Biden said. “I will not pardon him.”
Biden made the comments during a press conference alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of G7 summit in Italy.
On Tuesday (June 11), a 12-member jury convicted Biden’s son Hunter Biden of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun in 2018, making him the first child of a sitting U.S. president to be convicted of a crime.
The trial followed the May 30 criminal conviction of Republican former President Donald Trump, the first former U.S. president to be found guilty of a felony.
SOURCE: REUTERS