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?

  • @NocturnalMorning
    47•11 hours ago

    I think he’s concerned Trumps DOJ is going to come after them. Still super shady. But that’d be my guess as to why he did it, beyond the whole, he’s my kid thing.

    • @[email protected]English
      33•11 hours ago

      Should be illegal to pardon family members honestly. If there was ever an easy example of a conflict of interest, this is one.

      • @Boddhisatva
        4•2 hours ago

        So what? Maybe it should be but it isn’t. The Constitution places virtually no limitation on the Presidents ability to offer clemency and no one in the last 250 years or so has seen fit to amend the constitution to change that despite the fact that the Republicans have been abusing the power of the pardon since at least the Reagan years. Now you are complaining because a Democratic President has used it *appropriately *to pardon someone who was convicted in a politically motivated circus?

        • Omega
          36•10 hours ago

          For Biden, it was the most difficult decision of his presidency. For Trump, it was Tuesday.

        • @[email protected]English
          19•11 hours ago

          Yep, absolutely. Presidential powers should be used for the good of the country, not the good of your friends and family. There are many legitimate reasons to pardon people but them being related to you is not one of them.

          • @[email protected]
            21•10 hours ago

            A fair point but do you think Hunter would have been prosecuted to the same extent if he hadn’t been related to Joe Biden?

            However, it may work out better in the end for him that they went after him for ALL the crimes, because now he’s pardoned for all of them and can’t be tried for them again. We know Trump wants to go after Joe, but he’ll have to come from a different direction.

            • @[email protected]English
              -9•9 hours ago

              If he hadn’t been related to Joe Biden he wouldn’t have had the lifetime of cushy boardroom and lobbyist jobs to lead to being persecuted.

                • @[email protected]English
                  -1•6 hours ago

                  Oh no, the millionaire was prosecuted for breaking the law.

                  Oh and don’t forget the unpaid taxes they were after him for as well.

                  Why is everyone so mean to the millionaire presidents son, he has it rough.

          • @TrickDacy
            1•8 hours ago

            For the good of the country? This was literally always just a judgement call. “I think they deserve a pardon” is the only criteria there ever was. I’m sure there are examples you could claim were good for the country somehow, but I’m not sure how common that is