The Biden family discussed the pardon for Hunter Biden during the Thanksgiving holiday in Nantucket, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.

Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) criticized President Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter, on federal charges, saying the president “got this one wrong.” “This wasn’t a politically-motivated prosecution. Hunter committed felonies,

President Joe Biden was fact-checked on X after he pardoned his son Hunter Biden from gun and tax fraud charges, prompting a barrage of social media reactions.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Sunday night he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who was set to be sentenced this month for gun and tax convictions.

Joe Biden had repeatedly denied that he was going to pardon his son Hunter for his gun and tax evasion convictions or commute what was shaping up to be a substantive prison sentence. On the Sunday evening after Thanksgiving – at a moment when the American public’s attention was decidedly elsewhere – he announced he had changed his mind.

Biden’s pardon covers his son’s offenses or alleged offenses dating back to January 1 2014, meaning Hunter is also protected from any other crimes he has not yet been charged with during that period.

The lawyer for U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter filed to dismiss indictments against him, after his father issued a pardon earlier that day that spans a decade.

Republicans called President Joe Biden a “liar” for pardoning his son, who was convicted on gun charges and pleaded guilty to tax fraud this summer. The decision comes after the president said that he would "abide by the jury's decision" in an interview ahead of his son's conviction in June,