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Hunter Biden was involved in pardon talks toward end of father's term, source says
Former President Joe Biden issued a 'full and unconditional pardon' for Hunter in December 2024
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Published September 18, 2025 6:28pm EDT
Hunter Biden was involved in discussions about pardons toward the end of his father's White House term, a source familiar with Jeff Zients' interview with the House Oversight Committee told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
Zients met with House investigators behind closed doors for over six hours, the final former Biden administration official to appear in House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer's probe into ex-President Joe Biden's use of an autopen.
Comer, R-Ky., is also investigating whether Biden's top aides covered up signs of mental decline in the former president and whether executive decisions signed via autopen, including myriad clemency orders Biden approved, were executed with his full awareness.
Zients told investigators Hunter was involved in some of those pardon discussions and attended a few meetings on the subject with White House aides, the source said.
It's not clear how much say Hunter had in those meetings or if he was involved in discussions about his own controversial pardon.
The former president issued a "full and unconditional" pardon for his son in early December, just under two months before leaving office.
That's despite Biden and his staff denying the possibility of such a move on several occasions.
Biden approved nearly 2,500 commutations on Jan. 17, just days before leaving the White House, setting a record for most clemency orders ever granted by a U.S. president — more than 4,200 total — and the most ever in a single day.
Weeks earlier, he issued pardons for several family members, including Hunter.
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