Trump Says He’s Open To Pardoning ‘Bad Boy’ Hunter Biden If Elected

In a radio interview on Thursday, he reckoned that prosecuting the first son is ‘very bad for our country.’

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President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, July 4, 2024, at Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

President Trump said, if elected and despite bad blood with President Biden, he is not ruling out the possibility of pardoning his felonious son, Hunter.

“I wouldn’t take it off the books,” Trump said during a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt on Thursday. He continued: “See, unlike Joe Biden, despite what they’ve done to me, where they’ve gone after me so viciously, despite what — and Hunter’s a bad boy. There’s no question about it. He’s been a bad boy.” 

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