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Joe Biden Pardons Son Hunter of Gun and Tax Charges
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On Sunday, December 1, US President Joe Biden issued a pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, covering federal gun and tax charges he faced for offenses committed between 2014 and 2024. The pardon comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment for a trial conviction in the gun case and a guilty plea on tax charges, effectively sparing him a possible prison sentence. This move has been met with criticism from Donald Trump, who has accused Biden of using his presidential powers to benefit his family.
I respect President Biden, but I think he got this one wrong. This wasn't a politically-motivated prosecution. Hunter committed felonies, and was convicted by a jury of his peers.
Joe Biden pardoning Hunter looks bad but most fathers would do the same thing under the circumstances.
While as a father I certainly understand President Joe Biden's natural desire to help his son by pardoning him, I am disappointed that he put his family ahead of the country. This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation.
There has been an effort to break Hunter – who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution.
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. Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter's cases.
No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter's cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son -- and that is wrong.
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.
From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department's decision-making.
Even the broadest Trump pardons were specific as to what was being pardoned.
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.
Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the [6 January] Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!
The Hunter Biden trial is a smoke screen. It's designed to make the prosecution of Trump appear nonpartisan, yet the outcome of the Hunter trial doesn't matter because Joe Biden can & will pardon him. The trial's timing is no coincidence: right after the Trump conviction, but set to finish before Joe Biden leaves the White House.
Joe Biden is a liar and a hypocrite, all the way to the end.
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sources
- 1.The Guardian
- 2.Al Jazeera
- 3.The Times of India
- 4.DW News
- 5.CNA News
- 6.CTV News
- 7.Le Monde
- 8.The Times
- 9.ABC News (Australia)
- 10.South China Morning Post
- 11.BBC
- 12.France 24
perspectives
- 1.2024 US Presidential Election
- 2.US Politics
- 3.US under Joe Biden
- 4.Lawsuit
- 5.Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
- 6.Drugs Abuse
countries
organizations
- 1.White House
- 2.Republican Party
- 3.Democratic Party
- 4.Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 5.Truth Social
- 6.Twitter/X
- 7.Delaware Air National Guard
- 8.Burisma Holdings
- 9.Facebook
- 10.House of Representatives
- 11.Office of the Pardon Attorney
- 12.Pew Research Center
persons
- 1.Hunter Biden
- 2.Joe Biden
- 3.Donald Trump
- 4.Karine Jean-Pierre
- 5.Charles Kushner
- 6.David Weiss
- 7.Bill Clinton
- 8.Jared Kushner
- 9.Jared Polis
- 10.Kash Patel
- 11.Merrick Garland
- 12.James Comer