BREAKING NEWS: Biden pardons his son

[Votto]

We haven’t seen a pardon as sweeping as Hunter Biden’s in generations

The “full and unconditional” pardon is aimed at protecting the president’s son from future prosecution by the Trump Justice Department.

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Joe did not pardon Hunter for just the one felony he was being sentenced for. No, Joe pardoned his son for about 10 years of illegal activity Joe was certain his son would go to jail for if he did not give him a 10 year pardon.

Hunter Biden’s pardon looks a lot like Richard Nixon’s.

President Joe Biden’s grant of clemency on Sunday night — an extraordinary political act with extraordinary legal breadth — insulates his son from ever facing federal charges over any crimes he possibly could have committed over the past decade.

Experts on pardons said they could think of only one other person who has received a presidential pardon so sweeping in generations: Nixon, who was given a blanket pardon by Gerald Ford in 1974.

“I have never seen language like this in a pardon document that purports to pardon offenses that have not apparently even been charged, with the exception of the Nixon pardon,” said Margaret Love, who served from 1990 to 1997 as the U.S. pardon attorney, a Justice Department position devoted to assisting the president on clemency issues.

“Even the broadest Trump pardons were specific as to what was being pardoned,” Love added.

Joe Biden’s “full and unconditional pardon” of his son is deliberately vague. Donald Trump and his allies have long fixated on the president’s son, and Trump has repeatedly pledged to use his second term to investigate and prosecute

members of the Biden family. Conservative commentators have engaged in parlor-game speculation that Hunter Biden could be charged with bribery, illegal lobbying or other crimes stemming from his foreign business activities and drug addiction.

So rather than merely pardoning his son for the gun crimes for which he was convicted and the tax crimes for which he pleaded guilty, the president’s pardon covers all “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in” from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024. That language mirrors the language in Ford’s pardon of Nixon, which did not merely cover the Watergate scandal but extended to “all offenses against the United States” that Nixon “has committed or may have committed” between Jan. 20, 1969, and Aug. 9, 1974 — the exact span of Nixon’s presidency.

The starting date of Jan. 1, 2014, in the Biden pardon was surely not chosen randomly: Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian gas company, in April 2014, while his father was vice president. Republicans have accused the younger Biden of illegally profiting off his position on that board.

Nothing admits guilt more than this pardon by Joe

 

[Mr. Friscus]

How about addressing the DNC/Biden hypocrisy?

What’s your spin attempt. It’s as blatant as can be. And the fact that he used these points to lecture the right.. now he’s a fraud the whole time?

Then why not lead with that? If there was some corruption in Ukraine and China (you mean other than the American Corporations that do hundreds of billions of dollars of business with them) then why not make a case for that and prosecute that?

Oh, right. Those weren't actually crimes.

They are if they’re prosecuted.

Merrick Garland, a hard Democrat, isn’t going to do anything to take down the president he supports.

“Prosecutorial bias” is a long held standard, especially on the left when they have the DOJ.

 

[Lesh]

I have lost a lot of respect for Joe Biden now that he has pardoned his sleazebag son, Hunter Biden, especially since he had previously promised that he would not pardon Hunter.

Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

The decision spares Hunter a possible prison sentence and reverses Biden's promises not to use the powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family members.

apnews.com

Hunter Biden is a total sleazebag, crook, drug addict, and liar. He did not deserve a pardon. Joe Biden has greatly stained his reputation by pardoning him.

You have never had any respect for Biden to lose.

Stop lying

 

[Maxdeath]

Even my dog was not surprised.

 

[Mr. Friscus]

We may need to bring in some extra fainting couches for USMBcon. Love their drama. It's so dramatic.

Noticing blatant objective hypocrisy is a normal thing to do.

Trying to mock those who notice it is… odd

So tell me.. are people allowed to question the justice system or not?
Is none above the law or not?

 

[JGalt]

The Republican report said otherwise
If they had anything to indict Biden, they would have

The fact that they dropped the investigation as soon as he left the race shows their motivation

That doesn't mean it can't be restarted, which it probably will.

 

[Godboy]

You have never had any respect for Biden to lose.

Stop lying

Thst goes for every person on planet Earth. No one "respects" dumbfuck Joe. No one!

 

[Lesh]

Thst goes for every person on planet Earth. No one "respects" dumbfuck Joe. No one!

You… are not everyone

 

[rightwinger]

That doesn't mean it can't be restarted, which it probably will.

Probably will
You still have no evidence of a crime

 

[Godboy]

That doesn't mean it can't be restarted, which it probably will.

You can bet the farm that Comer will dig up EVERYTHING, now that the DOJ and FBI will be an open book and actively help him in the investigation. Comer wants payback for being called a loon.

 

[Ringo]

Genocide Joe is full of compassion for his drug addled crooked son. Why not others who are far more deserving of a pardon?

Pardon Edward Snowden!
PardonJulian Assange!
Pardon all January 6 political prisoners!
Pardon all abortion clinic protestors!
Pardon all religious leaders locked up for defying lockups back during COVID!
Pardon anyone in jail for marijuana changes!
Pardon anyone locked up for minor drug charges!

 

[pknopp]

Noticing blatant objective hypocrisy is a normal thing to do.

Trying to mock those who notice it is… odd

So tell me.. are people allowed to question the justice system or not?
Is none above the law or not?

Some people have long questioned the Justice System and were ignored and called names.

 

[Polishprince]

Probably will
You still have no evidence of a crime

Neither did the libs when they accused Kavanaugh of having regular gang rape parties at his parents' home in Montgomery County, but it didn't stop them.

 

[mudwhistle]

 

[Hollie]

Good wrap-up by Jonathan Turley.

JONATHAN TURLEY: Joe Biden's pardon of son Hunter cements his legacy as liar in chief

In the 2020 election and throughout his term, President Biden repeatedly lied to the American public with an ease and impunity that shocked even many political veterans in Washington.

www.foxnews.com

President Biden's decision to use his presidential powers on Sunday to pardon his own son will be a decision that lives in infamy in presidential politics. It is not just that the president used his constitutional powers to benefit his family. It is because the action culminates years of lying to the public about his knowledge and intentions in the influence-peddling scandal surrounding his family. Even among past controversies about the use of this pardon power, Biden has cemented his legacy for many, not as the commander in chief, but as the liar in chief.

 

[task0778]

Why would you issue a full and unconditional pardon for any and all crimes if the individual is innocent and has done nothing wrong? I get it, Biden believes that Trump will go after his son, but that leaves us with 2 possibilities: either Hunter is not as innocent of wrong-doing as claimed, or Biden does not trust the justice system to be fair and impartial. We remember all the talk earlier this year about nobody being above the law, meaning Trump. Well, I guess somebody is just that, but it's not DJT.

 

[Mr. Friscus]

Some people have long questioned the Justice System and were ignored and called names.

Indeed.

Examples:

• detaining and holding J6 protesters in isolation for years before a trial and throwing more than “the book” at them. That’s clearly political… but the left called anyone who said that against democracy
• suggesting that Trump prosecutions were politically motivated, and the left calls anyone who says that as supporting a foregone conclusion of guilt despite the political circumstances (and the collapsing cases)

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Everyone should have known it was coming.

The Bidens will never be held accountable for their sleaze

 

[Godboy]

Probably will
You still have no evidence of a crime

We have a god damn MOUNTAIN of evidence, hence the pardon and the specific time period Hunter was pardoned for.

 

[Mr. Friscus]

Some people have long questioned the Justice System

Your lead politician you support, Joe Biden, said that’s not allowed.

(Then he pardoned his son because he thought the prosecutions were politically motivated)

You cool with that? He lied to you