President Biden Pardons His Son Hunter Weeks Before Trump Takes Office
www.nytimes.com
The pardon comes weeks before President Biden leaves office and transfers power to President-elect Donald J. Trump, who spent years attacking Hunter Biden over his legal and personal issues.

President Biden’s hypocrisy on full display: Pardons his own son after making a point about ‘independent’ justice"

In a move that’s being hailed as a “full and unconditional” pardon, President Joe Biden has announced that he’s granting his son Hunter Biden a free pass for all federal charges related to his time between 2014-2024. Just 50 days before leaving office, Biden had previously declared that he wouldn’t be making the move, stating he’d abide by the jury’s decision. But now, it seems he was just playing a different tune.

TL;DR

President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who was facing up to 25 years in prison for lying on a federal form about his drug addiction. This comes after months of saying he wouldn’t make the move, and is being met with criticism from politicians and others who called him out on his earlier stance. A case of “my family is more important than I am” - how about keeping your promises for once?

  • yarr@feddit.nlOPEnglish
    1713·
    15 hours ago

    Good decision. Trump and his gang promised all kinds of revenge. They don’t play by the rules. So it makes sense to do whatever for your last son.

    I would hope those that oppose Trump do not just adopt all his behaviors.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      361·
      14 hours ago

      I mean I fucking hate Biden’s guts but it literally makes no sense to leave his son at the victim of Trump. Whatever Hunter was getting was never going to be justice either way.

      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        6 hours ago

        Didn’t the Justice Department originally decide not to pursue charges until Republicans threw a fit? Seems like it was already a politically motivated prosecution, so I have no issues with a political pardon.

      • superkret@feddit.org
        134·
        11 hours ago

        This shows that none of the 2 parties believe that the democratic system in the USA works anymore.
        Which means, it’s dead now.

        • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
          6·
          7 hours ago

          Biden winning in 2020 gave us hope that people were realizing that fascists are full of shit and that they lie about everything, but Trump winning last month has shattered any faith or hope I had left in our two party system. It is hard to believe in a system when people are relentlessly assaulted with right wing propaganda year after year and then ultimately vote for a convicted felon pedo traitorous oligarch who denies climate science.

        • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
          4·
          8 hours ago

          Yes, it is. So the Democrats, and anyone else who wants to try and resurrect it, need to get off their asses and start fighting dirty to rebuild it. The Republicans have been fighting to tear it down for more than 40 years using endless dirty tricks. Time to fight fire with fire. We cannot save democracy with sternly worded letters.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
      92·
      12 hours ago

      Fight fire with fire, if you keep going high the other party will realize it means they can go low and you’ll never do anything about it.

      • yarr@feddit.nlOPEnglish
        02·
        6 hours ago

        I hate this approach and would rather lose. The high road is the only road. I take it not because it is easy, but because it is worthwhile.