President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden. The younger Biden was convicted of tax evasion and federal gun charges and is due for sentencing in December. According to ABC News, despite the White House’s assurances last month that the president had no intentions of pardoning his son, the announcement came through on Sunday evening that he had pardoned him.

In a statement, he said, “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” for what he called a “miscarriage of justice.”

“From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” he wrote.

President Biden also mentioned “political opponents in Congress,” whom he credited for instigating the charges and ensuring that a plea deal, composed in July, fell apart in August.

The statement concluded, “Here’s the truth: I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice – and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision.”