Of course you will be just offended at trump pardons.He's full of shit. Now he says it wasn't right that he got charged.
President Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, after the first son was convicted in two separate federal cases earlier this year.
The announcement was made by the White House on Sunday night. The pardon applies to offenses against the U.S. that Hunter Biden "has committed or may have committed" from Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2024.
"Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter," Biden wrote in a statement. "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."
The president went on to claim that his son was "treated differently" by prosecutors.
"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," Biden added. "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."
Biden also referenced his son's battle with addiction and blamed "raw politics" for the unraveling of Hunter's plea deal.
"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 82-year-old father wrote. "In trying to break Hunter, they’ve tried to break me – and there’s no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough."
"I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision," Biden's statement concluded.
Hunter Biden, 54, has had a busy year in court, kicking off his first trial in Delaware in June, when he faced three felony firearm offenses, before he pleaded guilty in a separate felony tax case in September.
President Biden pardoning his son is a departure from his previous remarks to the media over the summer, declaring he would not pardon the first son.
"Yes," President Biden told ABC News when asked if he would rule out pardoning Hunter ahead of his guilty verdict in the gun case.
Days later, following a jury of Hunter’s peers finding him guilty of three felony firearm offenses, the president again said he would not pardon his son.
"I am not going to do anything," Biden said after Hunter was convicted. "I will abide by the jury’s decision."
In the gun case, Hunter was found guilty of making a false statement in the purchase of a gun, making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federally licensed gun dealer, and possession of a gun by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.
Biden pardons son Hunter Biden ahead of exit from Oval Office
President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden after he was convicted in a felony gun case and a separate felony tax case earlier this year.www.foxnews.com
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Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter Biden after he was convicted in a court of law What a perfectly corrupt ending to a disgraced family legacy The rules never applied to the Biden crime family and they all got rich off it Remember 10% for the big guy? Well unfortunately for the Bidens, Kash is soon to be king and we’ll be taking 100% back from the Big Guy and putting it where it belongs With We the People
Trumps going to unleash hell on the western world because he is a bumbling idiot
JUST IN: Joe Walsh turns on Joe Biden after he pardoned Hunter, says he is “deflated” because he spent years saying Trump was the “threat.” “This pardon is just deflating for those of us who’ve been out there for a few years yelling about what a threat Trump is.” “Nobody's above the law we’ve been screaming. Well, Joe Biden just made clear his son Hunter is above the law.”
Hunter is going to run for the president in 2028
he will be the American version of Trudeau
he will be the American version of Trudeau
Joe Biden has single handedly finished off the Democratic Party...Can't wait to see how all of the left wing crackpots justify this tomorrow.
We understand why a father would come to such a decision.
A President should not.
Hunter is a convicted felon.
If we are to call Trump a convicted felon, the same rules apply for Hunter.
If we call Hunter's case lawfare, which is what Biden is doing here, then Trump can also call his cases lawfare.
What a load of BS.
I have always maintained that the US was one of the most shambolic democracies out there.
Lip service only. lol.
Dems should not complain now, if Trump pardoned himself.
Looks like on his way out he is looking out for his family. lol.
Hunter Biden broke gun laws, he broke the FARA Act, and worst of all, he broke the Mann Act by sex trafficking women across the country. This pardon is Joe Biden’s admission that Hunter is a criminal. Biden tried to throw President Trump’s sons in jail, but he lets his son off free even though he’s a convict. His FBI and DOJ raided Barron’s bedroom and Melania’s closet at Mar-a-Lago. Joe Biden is a liar and a hypocrite, all the way to the end.
He did what any father would do for charges that would not have happened if he wasn't the President's son. Good for Joe! Trump is a conman who wouldn't have waited this long had it been any of his kids.
No, I didn't. But it was nearly as high profile. The optics, when Joe Biden CLEARLY STATED he would not pardon him are much different.
If you are going to claim "rule of law" and "high road" then when you don't stick to it this is how it is perceived. And how it plays out.
i have to agree with you up to this point
any father would do what he can to protect his son
the price is Bidens reputation and legacy which any father would sacrifice
He did take an oath of office and this move makes a mockery of that oath & the constitution
the upside is the lawfare might die down
you will be hard press to find a corrupt free democracy
democracy still beats the alternative
I use to be quite proud of how relatively corrupt free Canada democracy was
until Justin Trudeau.
I had him pegged as a moron / way back in 2014/2015
What I did not expect was his corruption, nor did I expect him to survive 9 years of scandal after scandal
The democrats have a lot more to be concerned with than a pardon for Trump
They have no leadership and no strategic direction
Putting a cackling moron on stage and saying Trump is a bad man did not work
They caused inflation and flirted with socialism
no doubt Bidens pardon will cause in fighting
this party is a mess
