Hunter Biden's team issues a strong defense and bid for possible pardon ahead of his sentencing

With just weeks before federal judges in Delaware and California are set to sentence Hunter Biden, his legal team is publicly launching a defense of the president’s son as the clock ticks down on President Joe Biden’s opportunity to pardon him, though he previously ruled that out. 

On Saturday Hunter’s legal team released a 52-page paper titled, “The political prosecutions of Hunter Biden,” reported The Washington Post. In it they criticize the basis of the investigations into their client and argue that he was prosecuted for crimes that people who weren’t the son of a president would not have been charged for. 

The document, in parts, seems aimed directly at President Biden, according to The Post. The two have been together in Nantucket for Thanksgiving over the past several days. 

“With the election now decided, the threat against Hunter is real,” they argue, suggesting ironically that Donald Trump is a threat to go after his political foes, something that has been a hallmark of the Biden administration, most notably, their pursuit of Donald Trump. 

“This is a seven-year saga propelled by an unrelenting political desire to use a son to hurt his father,” said Abbe Lowell, one of Hunter’s leading attorneys.

“It is a wild and terrifying story that serves as a stark warning of what is to come as some of the same Republicans who targeted Hunter prepare to resume power and have stated their intention to use the government’s vast power to pursue their perceived enemies,” Lowell claimed.

Hunter surprisingly pleaded guilty in September to nine counts of tax evasion for a total of $1.4 million, on the day that the jury was to be selected for his trial. The judge in that case said Hunter could face up to 17 years in prison and $1.3 million in fines, according to the New York Post. 

In June, a jury found Hunter guilty of three counts related to possession of a firearm while addicted to illegal drugs. He faces sentencing for the gun case Dec. 12 and for the tax case Dec. 16.