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Is this surprising to anyone?
Not at all. I think most people would do the same.
This is pretty much all Mitch McConnell’s fault. I hope he enjoys his legacy as the gravedigger of American democracy.
IBJ is hosting a celebration open house this afternoon. Saint Andre, Kip Tew, Joe B, and the normal gaggle are expected to be in attendance
He rightfully should have.
Trump will try to pardon himself and the rest of his family, even Baron who probably wants to be part of another family.
Trump pardoned several on his way out the door, including the new Ambassador to France, his daughter’s father in law, who was in jail for fraud and blackmail. Hunter is an errant boy scout compared to Trump’s pardon recipients. And just wait to see if Trump pardons the insurrectionists from January 6…as he has promised several times. I wonder how he’d feel if a violent mob stormed the Capitol this January 6 to try to stop his election. Wonder if he’d pardon them, or speak of them as patriots?
first of all, Hunter is a terrible person and involved in soooo many bad things. Still, Joe has the right to pardon him. timothy, most Presidents pardon their “errant” friends and cronies. It’s unseemly but it happens. There were no “insurrectionists” on January 6th…there were protesters and rioters. I hope Trump pardons them all!
Really, no insurrectionists. That’s adorable, just like all the proclaimed fraud in the 2024 election that Trump spent months talking about. Why’s he gone so silent on that front?
“…soooo many bad things”. Speaking like Trump now. Drug users are mainly ill and need help. The gun charges was a stupid decision, but not a life time in prison. Taxes have been paid.
The average person who experiences the amount of CTE brain trauma before 5 that he did combined with emotional trauma wouldn’t survive past 18…..
It’s a great example of the failures of medicine until recently to understand the human brain.
Typical twit.
Why pardon 11 years in the past? What crimes did he commit in 2014 as part of the Burisma board?
Was there treason?
Trump’ers fascination with treason is wild, given their rather one-sided use of her term.
Hunter Biden’s primary crime was not being as successful as Jared Kushner. Maybe Joe should have insisted that his son have a job and a top secret clearance just like Trump did for his family members.
Because of Trump. You will notice even after Trump won, Biden said he was not going to pardon his son. But, then Trump decided to play Mussolini and say he was going to reshape the government into his own personal law firm and secret police to go after his political enemies, and he started making appointments of crazy followers (with zero experience to lead a Girl Scouts’ troop, let alone any major government agencies). Trump and his cronies specifically said they were going to go after Hunter, and this prompted Biden to pardon him.
Trump needs to take a seat and focus on the issues kitchen table issues that people care about, which is lowering inflation, taxes, etc. If he wants to spend his time on personal grudges, then he needs to resign and let JD Vance become President. I cannot stand Vance and his phony holier than thou attitude (“Do as I say, not as I do”), but at least he is not promising to use the government to settle his personal vendettas.
biggest crook to ever inhabit the oval office. Please don’t say until now either. Watch for him to do the same for his brother soon. Total CYA move to avoid scrutiny once he’s out. Biden can purchase another beach house with confidence now
Total justified move.
Even after Trump got elected, Biden stated he was not going to pardon Hunter, and he was gracious and welcoming to Trump and abided by decorum with the transition efforts. Instead of showing a shred of decency (and we all know Trump has *none*), he decided to play Mussolini and promise he was going to abuse the government to make it into his personal attack dog to go after his personal enemies. Forget the American people (who Trump never cared about), he stated his priority was going to be persecuting people to fulfill his own personal vendettas. So, of course, Biden felt compelled to pardon his son, so that he was not subject to some witch hunt and imprisoned for life, or possibly even murdered (because, hey, Trump says the President can do whatever he wants).
Trump is a soulless creature, though given how bizarre he has been acting lately, it is quite likely Vance will take over soon. Vance is a self-serving, self-righteous, power-hungry, smug hypocrite, but at least he is not mentally unstable.
So easy…SO easy for politic hungry types to feed on this. A father pardoned his son. His son didn’t hurt anyone.
His son has had addiction problems and publicly addressed them His private life was exploited by those who would wish to hurt his family. Those people care NOTHING about anything but revenge and anything that could discredit good people. Mistakes…and a father caring about his son. Please don’t tell me that you wouldn’t do it.
You. Would.
Next.
All the hypocrites trying to rationalize this… What happened to “nobody is above the law?”
Trump blew that out of the water in so many ways.
Trump destroyed that concept when he decided that the President makes up whatever law he likes.
There is nothing hypocritical about trying to protect your child from being wrongfully imprisoned for decades (or possibly life) or potentially even murdered (after some kangaroo court proceeding for “treason”). Biden graciously welcomed Trump back to the White House, and has worked to ensure there is a peaceful and smooth transition of power. Biden has followed all the important rules of decorum. Meanwhile, Trump has decided he is Mussolini and promised to turn *our government* into his personal attack dog to persecute his political enemies and pursue his vendettas. He and his cronies have also stated they *would* go after Hunter. So, yes, Biden did what any parent would do, which is protect his child from a madman.
There is nothing to “rationalize” here. There is only despicable behavior by Trump and his minions.
This was not a pardon for Hunter, (indirectly yes) but a pardon for Joe. D.H. hit a key point above, why pardon going back 11 years to 2014? Because it shuts down any investigation into Hunter’s finances and the pay for access to Joe that was going on through Hunter. Joe Biden is the direct beneficiary of this pardon because now all the “pay for play” money to get access to him from Burisma, etc. that came through Hunter is shielded from investigation.
I love Trumpublicans avoiding talking about the actual crimes they’re silent about. Because now, just now, they are clutching their pearls about “the swamp”.
Kushner got $2 billion from the Saudi’s as a thank you for Trump letting them murder a dissident, right there in the open, and the real issue is Hunter Biden.
Next you will tell me Trump had the absolute right to take any and all classified documents with him and hide them. Or to call someone up and ask them to “find” votes.
If Biden was concerned about himself, then he has the power to pardon to himself.
You are also just wrong. Simply because Hunter has been pardoned, it in no way shuts down any investigation of his finances or “pay for access” with respect to Joe Biden. A pardon simply means Hunter cannot be prosecuted for federal crimes, it does *not* mean he or his finances are immune from investigation with respect to a criminal proceeding against another party. In some ways, the pardon even makes things a bit easier for prosecutors. With the pardon, Hunter would have much more difficulty pleading the 5th if he were called as a witness to testify in a case against another party.
It really saved republicans – they were going to spend the next 4 years looking at pictures of his genitals repeatedly.
Now they can find something else to do that doesn’t help Americans!
Poor sky screamers. Open a second story window, scream, “Trump!” and jump head first. Nobody will hear it.