Nigeria, Jan. 25 -- President Joe Biden, within seven weeks from 1 December, 2024, granted over 2,500 pardons, including to his son, Robert Hunter Biden.

Hunter had been convicted on a nine-count charge for tax felony amounting to $1.4 million, evading tax assessment and filing false tax returns. He faced a maximum of 17 years in prison. His sentencing was scheduled for 16 December, 2024. But fifteen days before, Biden not only pardoned his son, but also granted him immunity from additional or new charges that can be brought against him, especially by the Trump administration. It stated that Hunter has immunity: "For those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period f...