Hunter Biden brokered ‘sweeping’ pardon deal during Thanksgiving trip with dad: report

It was reported on Monday that Hunter Biden, who was facing sentencing on felony charges for both tax evasion and federal gun charges, brokered the deal for his presidential pardon with his presidential dad during their family vacation over Thanksgiving in Nantucket. The annual Thanksgiving trip came just weeks ahead of the first sentencing date for the younger Biden, December 12, on gun charges. A date for his tax crimes was set for December 16. This was Hunter's last chance to convince his dad to give the pardon, which the White House has claimed repeatedly would never come.

"We’re told the family discussed the issue over the long Thanksgiving weekend in Nantucket," Politico said Monday morning, "where the Bidens spent the holiday. Word reached senior White House staff on Saturday night that the pardon could be coming. Yesterday, Biden made the decision final and work began on the legal fineries and the statement announcing it."