MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki praised her former boss President Joe Biden for his handling of Hunter Biden’s felony conviction on gun charges.
Earlier this month, the president’s younger son was convicted of all three felony counts relating to the purchasing of a firearm in 2018 when he was illegally using and addicted to drugs. Following the verdict, Biden announced that he would respect the jury’s decision and not pardon his son. White House officials, however, did leave the door open to a potential commutation.
Hunter’s conviction comes just weeks after former President Donald Trump was found guilty in New York on 34 counts of fabricating business records to cover up hush money payments made during the 2016 election.
During a monologue on Inside With Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary noted that his refusal to pardon his son shows Biden’s “character as a human being than almost anything else.” Psaki it was “hard” for Biden to commit to not pardoning his convicted son.
Joe Biden is a person who answers his phone every time any of his grandchildren call, any time. Doesn’t matter what’s going on. He does the things your grandparents do when they pretend you drop money on the floor just so you have $20 in your pocket. And they say, did you drop something? Is deeply in love with his wife. I mean deeply his family,
with all the pain and anguish that surrounded it, is his heart. But Joe Biden’s character as a public servant is what drove him to make clear that the law applies to everyone. It’s decision not to pardon his son is not an expression of restraint or removal in any way from what his son has gone through and is continuing to go through, but a principle, because the justice system that convicted his only surviving son is the same justice system he’s vowed to protect. And if that doesn’t tell you who Joe Biden is, I don’t really know what does.
Watch the clip above via MSNBC.