Hunter Biden publicly acknowledged for the first time that his father, former President Joe Biden, granted him a pardon because Donald Trump won the 2024 election, suggesting the move would not have happened otherwise, as reported by The New York Post.

In an interview published Monday on journalist Tommy Christopher’s Substack, the 55-year-old Biden son said President Trump’s return to office “changed everything” and prompted his father to act.

“Donald Trump went and changed everything,” Hunter said. “And I don’t think that I need to make much of an argument about why it changed everything.”

Hunter Biden pleaded guilty last year to evading $1.4 million in back taxes owed to the IRS and was also convicted on felony gun charges.

The pardon from his father came in the final weeks of the Biden administration, following months of speculation about whether the outgoing president would intervene in his son’s legal troubles.

“I’ve said this before,” Hunter continued.

“My dad would not have pardoned me if President Trump had not won, and the reason that he would not have pardoned me is because I was certain that in a normal circumstance of the appeals [I would have won].”

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He also accused President Trump of preparing what he called a “revenge tour” against the Biden family.

“I was the easiest target to intimidate and to not just impact me, but impact my entire family into silence in a way that at least he is not — it’s not as easy for him to do [with] me being pardoned,” he said.

Hunter Biden went on to acknowledge that his father’s pardon placed him in a uniquely favorable position.

“I realize how privileged I am,” he said. “I realize how lucky I am; I realize that I got something that almost no one would have gotten. But I’m incredibly grateful for it.”

He defended his father’s decision, claiming it was justified under the circumstances. “I don’t think that it requires me to make much of a detailed argument for why it was the right thing to do, at least from my dad, from his perspective,” Hunter added.

Last month, former White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients reportedly told the House Oversight Committee that Hunter Biden “was involved” in discussions about clemency and “attended a few meetings” in the final weeks of the Biden presidency, according to a source familiar with his testimony.

Hunter’s remarks mark his first extended public statement on the pardon, which drew criticism from both political opponents and ethics watchdogs.

The Justice Department confirmed earlier this year that it had closed its investigations into Hunter Biden’s financial and firearm cases following the pardon’s issuance.

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