Hunter was convicted of gun and tax crimes in the past, and President Joe Biden was insistent for months that he would not pardon him.
But according to a body language specialist, the departing leader might have displayed clues that he was covertly making other plans, according to Knewz.com.
President Biden, 82, used his presidential authority to spare his youngest son from going to prison just days before Hunter, 54, was scheduled to be sentenced for his crimes.
The president reportedly contemplated the measure for at least six months, according to a number of reports. And a body language expert seems to concur. Joe told reporters that a pardon was not an option in previous interviews, and Judi James examined his responses to those statements.
“Biden seems like a man who has already made this decision and that the decision itself is non-negotiable,” she told DailyMail.com.
“There’s not even any discussion from the interviewer, who moves onto the next subject, clearly satisfied the questions have been dealt with in the most comprehensive way.”
James continued by speculating that the president conveyed the sense at the time that he would do nothing, regardless of his current feelings.
He was adamant about defining himself as completely honest, which is politically equivalent to being honest, since he would be aware of how unfeasible these unambiguous responses would appear if he were to do the opposite in the future.
“(His body language) is staking his reputation on this here.”
The president had been certain for months that he would not pardon Hunter because of his weapons and tax convictions, but he changed his mind after Thanksgiving.
On December 1, following a week of spending time with his family, Mr. Biden shockingly announced that he had changed his mind and would pardon his sole surviving son.
“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” he stated in a White House statement.
“From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.”
He went on: “I have always operated under the straightforward tenet of telling the American people the truth. They will be impartial.
“The fact is that, although I have faith in the legal system, I have also struggled with the idea that raw politics have corrupted this process and resulted in a miscarriage of justice. I decided this weekend that there was no point in further postponing it.
“I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision.”
According to two people acquainted with Biden’s conversations, he was considering the action as early as June, when Hunter was found guilty, despite his prior denials.
According to NBC News, they said it was agreed that the president would inform the public that he was not thinking of pardoning him while he considered the choice in private.
Biden “wrestled” with his decision for months before to his statement, according to a second source who repeated the remarks, under pressure from family members and his own emotions.
According to the source: “Once it became clear that the Justice Department was dead set on jail time, this was always how it was ending.”
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