Monday, December 2, 2024

Biden’s pardon of son Hunter Biden draws criticism

‘Abuse of power’: Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his own son is indefensible

 ...  "Nothing, not even Mr Trump’s victory in last month’s election, could have been more corrosive to whatever morsel remained of Mr Biden’s legacy." . . .

 Joe Biden abused a medieval power to pardon his son  Behind a paywall.


Biden Pardons Hunter on All Charges and Anything Else He Might Have Committed Since 2014 Legal Insurrection

Hunter pleaded guilty to tax evasion. He was going to face sentencing on December 16 for lying on a federal form by saying he was not using drugs or addicted to drugs when trying to buy a gun.

President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter despite the White House saying over and over he would not do it.

The pardon includes charges Hunter faced or might have faced from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024.

Yes, ten years. Absolute insanity. That means anything else that pops up in that time period doesn’t count. Hunter cannot face any charges.

"Biden wrote in a press release:

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. Without aggravating factors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchaser, people are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form. Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but paid them back subsequently with interest and penalties, are typically given non-criminal resolutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently.

The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then, a carefully negotiated plea deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room – with a number of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process. Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter’s cases.

“I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision,” Biden concluded." . . .


Eric Holder appears out of the woodwork to justify Hunter Biden pardon, argues ATF Form 4473 is irrelevant 

. . ."Who knew that the legal system had caveats for members of the Obama-Biden-Democrat cartel? Just kidding, the Hunter Biden pardon is just one more datum point in a long trend of corruption."

Naturally Biden always spawns parody: 

Hundreds of J6 defendants change their name to Hunter Biden to get in on Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of his son

. . .“ 'We believe that by changing our names to Hunter Biden, we will be able to take advantage of the Biden administration’s generosity and receive a blanket pardon just like his son,” said one J6 defendant. “It’s only fair that we should also be able to avoid accountability for our actions on January 6th.”  . . . 

Andrea Widburg, American Thinker

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