President heads to Africa after Hunter Biden pardon with no press conference [Video]

President Joe Biden‘s trip to Angola will allow him to skirt answering questions about his decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, for at least a few days.

The president issued a pardon for his son late Sunday night after departing Washington, D.C., and the White House‘s guidance doesn’t list any press interactions before his return to the White House on Thursday night.

For months, the president and senior White House officials have maintained that Hunter Biden, who was soon to be sentenced for tax and gun crimes, would receive no special treatment from his father.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre gaggled off-camera with reporters traveling aboard Air Force One on Monday morning, struggling to explain the president’s about-face on the subject.

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Jean-Pierre said that despite publicly committing not to pardon his son, the president has been struggling with the situation but finally …