Protecting the Family? Hunter Biden’s Pardon Could Be the First of Many for Biden Clan Members Who Have Taken Money Originating Overseas

The president-elect has vowed to investigate members of the Biden family and their political allies, which Mr. Biden says motivated him to pardon his own son.

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James Biden, the brother of President Biden, leaves the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 10, 2024 at Wilmington, Delaware. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

President Biden says that his fear of political retribution from President Trump’s Justice Department led him to pardon his only surviving son, Hunter Biden, for two criminal indictments which resulted in one guilty verdict and one guilty plea. Only Hunter is not the only Biden family member dogged by allegations of self-dealing. 

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