Biden seen with strange marks across his face in first appearance since shamelessly pardoning his criminal son Hunter

In his first appearance since forgiving his son, Joe Biden was seen with odd facial markings.

Hunter Biden, 54, a former crack addict, was given a “full and unconditional pardon” by the outgoing president, 82, Friday night, sparing him from going to prison.

Biden, who has long maintained that he would not pardon his son or lessen his sentence, made a U-turn.

Hunter, who pleaded guilty in a California evasion case and was found guilty of gun offenses in Delaware in June, was scheduled to be sentenced this month.

Any additional offenses Hunter committed between 2014 and this year are covered by the pardon that was signed last night.

Biden was seen welcoming Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva upon his arrival in Sal, Cape Verde, in his first appearance since the abrupt shift.

Additionally, the president had marks on his cheeks, which were believed to result his treating lee papnea at night with a medical mask.

The White House verified that he was using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine to help him breathe when he was spotted in June of last year with comparable facial markings.

An estimated 30 million Americans suffer from sleep apnea, a condition that causes breathing to stop while they are asleep.

To keep the airways open while you sleep, a CPAP machine pumps air into your mouth across your nose and mouth.

Without shameAs he made his announcement, Biden said his son had been “unfairly prosecuted”.

Following Hunter’s conviction on three firearm offenses, the departing leader had declared that he would “not pardon” him.

“I abide by the jury decision,” he declared at the time. I won’t forgive him, but I will do that.

The White House once more rejected a pardon after Trump won the US presidential election last month.

On November 8, Karine Jean-Pierre, the press secretary, stated: We have been asked that question several times. Our response remains unchanged: no.

However, Biden used his authority to keep his youngest son from going to prison just two months before he left the White House.

“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” Biden 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 struggled with this, I also think that raw politics has corrupted the legal system and caused 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.”

Infuriated”Abuse and miscarriage of justice” is how Donald Trump described Biden’s pardon of his son.

He added, “Does the pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years?” in reference to those incarcerated for the disturbance at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Such a travesty of justice and abuse.”

Furthermore, Biden’s shocking move caused him to lose support from members of his own party.

Democratic Colorado Governor Jared Polis criticized Biden’s choice, saying he was prioritizing “family over the nation.”

“As a father, I can certainly understand President Joe Biden’s instinctive desire to assist his son by pardoning him, but I am disappointed that he prioritized his family over the nation,” he stated.

“This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation.”

Hunter’s pardon ends a protracted legal battle for the president’s son, who revealed in public that he was being investigated by the federal government in December 2020, one month after his father’s victory.

In an interview with ABCNews in June, Biden denied his son Hunter a pardon or clemency while his son was on trial in the gun case in Delaware.

As testimony regarding Hunter’s drug addiction, which became out of control following the death of his brother Beau Biden in 2015, was presented in a federal courtroom, his chaotic life was thrust into the public eye.

After almost three hours of deliberation, a 12-panel jury in Wilmington, Delaware, found Hunter guilty of all charges. Hunter declined to testify in his defense.

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