Joe Biden has said that he would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden, in the wake of his conviction.
But White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked on Wednesday during a press gaggle on the plane to Italy if the White House would rule out that he might commute, and she wouldn’t rule it out:
QUESTION: So you’re not ruling out that Biden would commute Hunter’s sentence?
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: Right. pic.twitter.com/yQ9Ew0ZV9J
— JohnnyOnTheSpot (@SpotJohnny11668) June 12, 2024
That got a lot of people talking about whether Biden was going to play these word games, and claim at some later point after the election, that while he talked about a pardon, he didn’t say anything about commutation.
During the G7 press conference, Biden was asked about his son’s conviction. He gave a garbled answer where he said Hunter was one of the brightest, most decent people he knew. He said he…
