Karine Jean-Pierre won’t say if Joe has spoken to his son since he was hit with gun charges – after president ignored indictment questions
- Biden got asked about Hunter after his remarks on the auto workers strike
- He kept the walking out of the Roosevelt Room and closed the door
- White House later said president will not pardon his son
Joe Biden will not pardon his son Hunter, the White House insisted on Friday after the president ignored a question on the matter, walking out of the room and shutting the door behind him.
But White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later clarified that the president would not make such a move – echoing the answer she gave in July when she was asked about it.
‘I’ve answered this question before and I was very clear. I said no,’ she said in her daily press briefing.
Hunter Biden faces three federal charges and 25 years in prison on charges related to his purchase of a gun.
The president, after making remarks at the White House on the United Auto Workers strike, kept walking out of the Roosevelt Room and out the door as reporters asked him if he would use his presidential powers to help his son.
Biden has not addressed the charges his son is facing.