U.S. President Joe Biden ignored reporters’ questions on the granting of a surprise pardon to his son Hunter Biden when he landed in Cape Verde early Monday morning for a brief stopover on his way to Angola.
The octogenarian, whose term in office finishes in a matter of weeks, departed Washington for a diplomatic sojourn to Africa shortly after pardoning Hunter, who had pleaded guilty to tax violations and been convicted on firearms-related charges, as Breitbart News reported.
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Reuters reports the president did not respond to questions on the issue from reporters on the tarmac at Amilcar Cabral International Airport and chose instead to maintain a prim silence on the matter.
He used his time during the stop off in the Atlantic Ocean island off the west coast of Africa for a meeting with Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva.
Biden’s first visit to the continent as president — which he left to the very end — will highlight the Lobito Corridor railway redevelopment in Zambia, Congo and Angola.
