President Biden pardoned his son in a surprise development he promised would not happen. ‘The Hilll

President Biden’s announcement that he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, rattled the political world late Sunday.

The president argued in a statement on Sunday that the charges brought against his son, which included three felony charges on his purchase and possession of a gun in 2018, came about due to political reasons.

“No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son – and that is wrong,” Biden said.

Reactions from both sides of the aisle poured in in the wake of the announcement, with Republicans expressing furor over the president’s pardon of his son. BY TARA SUTER ‘The Hill’

The surprise development of a pardon for an immediate family member will have consequences far beyond the Biden Administration. Trump will use this as an excuse to pardon most if not all of the January 6th Insurrectionists in one fell swoop and other allies in the coming years. Biden knew this but family ties were stronger than political reverberations that he knew would immediately materialize.