Joe Biden wanted to testify for his son Hunter Biden in his federal gun charges trial last summer, a new book has claimed. Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again reports the former U.S. president “repeatedly” offered to testify about Hunter’s state of mind when the offense occurred, believing it to be useful in diminishing his son’s culpability. The book’s authors Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson claim Biden was willing to clear time in his “packed schedule”, which included several international engagements, to rush to his son’s aid in Delaware last June. Hunter pled not guilty to three charges related to falsifying information on a federal gun form in 2018, including lying about his drug addiction. He said he was recovering from addiction at the time and therefore answered the form accurately. A jury found him guilty in just three hours following a trial last June. In September, the president’s son faced tax evasion charges, to which he pled guilty. Ahead of the trials, President Biden said he would respect the outcome of the trial. After the trial, the Democrat president said repeatedly that he had no plans to pardon his eldest child. But the 82-year-old made a bombshell U-turn in early December, pardoning Hunter just days before he was due to be sentenced over both cases.
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