# Will Joe Biden pardon Hunter? (Answer: Yes. Pardoned on December 1, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 11, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-joe-biden-pardon-hunter-answer-yes-pardoned-on-december-1-2024/994425 "2023-12-11T16:07:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 81
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-joe-biden-pardon-hunter-answer-yes-pardoned-on-december-1-2024/994425/81 "2023-12-13T23:46:13Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Hunter could have had a plea deal. He had a pretty good one all lined up, but his lawyers went too far and tried to slide a blanket immunity for all prior crimes into the fine print on one of the charges, and the judge threw it out. This is a flat-out misstatement of fact. The judge threw out the plea arrangement because the prosecutor was attempting to force the judge to be the final arbiter of Hunter Biden’s compliance with the terms of the plea arrangement to determine any future wrongdoing with respect to a possible gun charge against Biden in the future. Also, Republicans were pissed off he wasn’t paying a higher price. > **[Hunter Biden's plea deal on hold after federal judge raises concerns over the...](https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-plea-deal-taxes-gun-drugs-690d38f1ffae4dfce2c171d21e7d3594)** > > The plea deal in Hunter Biden’s criminal case unraveled during a court hearing Wednesday after a federal judge raised concerns about the terms of the agreement that has infuriated Republicans who believe the president’s son is getting preferential... From the article: > U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, raised multiple concerns about the specifics of the deal _and her role in the proceeding_s. The plan also included an agreement on a separate gun charge — Biden has been accused of possessing a firearm in 2018 as a drug user. As long as he adhered to the terms of his agreement, the gun case was to be wiped from his record. Otherwise, the felony charge carries 10 years in prison. (Emphasis mine.) These kinds of deliberately misleading statements such as I quoted from you above is why no one trusts your cites or your rhetoric. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-joe-biden-pardon-hunter-answer-yes-pardoned-on-december-1-2024/994425)._