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Hunter Biden pleaded guilty in September to nine counts of federal tax fraud, for which he faced up to 17 years in prison.
He was also convicted of three felonies related to the gun purchase in June, for which he faced up to 25 years in prison.
Investigations into the president’s son have once again revealed embarrassing and embarrassing details about his personal life, including his crack cocaine addiction and alleged payments to followers.
President Biden has remained largely silent during the investigation into his son, but has fiercely defended him during the pardon.
“There have been efforts to break Hunter — who has been sober for five and a half years, even in the face of relentless attacks and selective prosecution,” President Biden said.
“In trying to break Hunter, they tried to break me—and there’s no reason to believe they’ll stop there. Enough is enough.”
He added: “I hope the American people will understand why a father and president would make this decision.”
The pardon covers the period from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 1, 2024, “including but not limited to” the tax and gun crimes he was convicted of.
Mr. Weiss said that because of that unconditional pardon, he could not make any “additional charging decisions” regarding Hunter Biden during that period.
“It would be out of place to discuss whether the additional fees are justified,” he said.
Mr. Weiss has previously defended his investigation into the president’s son.
In 2023, he told the House Judiciary Committee that there had never been any political pressure or interference in his work from the Department of Justice.
Mr. Weiss’s investigation into Hunter Biden has been closely watched on both sides of the political spectrum.
Democrats said it was politically charged and that they felt Hunter Biden had an unfair target on his back.
Republicans believed that the Justice Department was not aggressive enough in pursuing the charges and unfairly favored the president’s son.
Hunter Biden was found guilty after a failed plea deal in 2023.
A judge has refused to approve a deal — described by Republicans as a “sweet deal” — in which Hunter Biden would have pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges to avoid more serious gun-related charges.
In a statement released on Monday, Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, criticized Mr. Weiss for the failed deal.
“Mr. Weiss also fails to explain why he reneged on his own agreement, an 11th-hour reversal in court as he and his office faced fierce attacks from Republicans,” Mr. Lowell said.
