The decision, which was first reported by NBC News, is a reversal for the president, who repeatedly said he would not use his authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence.

Summary

President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, reversing his prior stance against using executive clemency.

The pardon covers Hunter’s federal gun conviction and tax evasion guilty plea, sparking political controversy.

Biden cited political attacks and a “miscarriage of justice” as reasons for his decision, emphasizing his son’s recovery from addiction and the targeting of his family.

Critics argue the move undermines the judicial process, while supporters view it as within Biden’s constitutional powers.

This decision shields Hunter from potential prison time as Biden nears the end of his presidency.

  • @DarkFutureEnglish
    1•22 hours ago

    To what end?

    Winning.

    You can’t win without being corrupt in America. The more openly corrupt, the more likely you are to win. That was just proven a few weeks ago. Gotta play as dirty as your opponent to win in America.

    It’s a shitty end to a shitty presidency.

    Lol. If you think this was a shitty presidency, you simply weren’t paying attention. Guy was one of the most progressive presidents we’ve seen in modern history and we were on the path to recovery by every metric. It was certainly not a “shitty” presidency. If you need me to elaborate more on why, I’d be more than happy to.

    • @PugJesusEnglish
      1•14 hours ago

      Winning.

      You can’t win without being corrupt in America. The more openly corrupt, the more likely you are to win. That was just proven a few weeks ago. Gotta play as dirty as your opponent to win in America.

      My point is that pardoning his son does nothing to help us win. He’s playing dirty, sure, but not for us.

      Lol. If you think this was a shitty presidency, you simply weren’t paying attention. Guy was one of the most progressive presidents we’ve seen in modern history and we were on the path to recovery by every metric. It was certainly not a “shitty” presidency. If you need me to elaborate more on why, I’d be more than happy to.

      Man, he had okay policy that ended on a note of losing the fucking country to fascism. He hesitated at every progressive turn under the presumption that moderation was the path to victory, and then lost. If he’d been a contributor to our victory, or at least not an obstacle, I’d grant him much higher marks, but he didn’t. It was a shitty presidency.

      • @DarkFutureEnglish
        1•1 hour ago

        My point is that pardoning his son does nothing to help us win.

        Yeah, but who cares? Why does it have to have anything to do with us? His political opponent openly stated he would go after his political opponents if he won. That’s a threat against him and his son. It’s totally understandable for Biden to protect his son under those circumstances. It’s also not abnormal at all. Presidents pardon people, including real asshole pieces of shit, all the time at the end of their terms. Trump pardoned Roger Stone. Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon. Despite right wing propaganda, Biden was a solid president. And America told him and his party to fuck off and re-hired a twice impeached convicted felon and rapist who incited an insurrection and illegally attempted to overturn an election. Biden doesn’t owe us anything. We were assholes to Biden. How pathetic is it of us to whine about him helping us now at the very end, after we fucked him over? I’m totally fine with him having this small personal win and then retiring.

        he had okay policy

        It was more than OK. He was a STRONG president for workers. For unions. We have less inflation than almost any other country on the planet after a global pandemic.

        that ended on a note of losing the fucking country to fascism.

        Excuse me. How is this Joe Biden’s fault and not the fault of Americans? It seems like you want to place the blame that belongs squarely on Americans on Joe Biden’s shoulders. Joe Biden isn’t some scapegoat, despite America trying to make him one. It’s not Joe Biden’s fault Americans are stupid and irresponsible.

        • @PugJesusEnglish
          1•1 hour ago

          Yeah, but who cares?

          People with principles, I would suppose, might object to personal corruption with no gain for the general public.

          It was more than OK. He was a STRONG president for workers. For unions. We have less inflation than almost any other country on the planet after a global pandemic.

          He was the strongest pro-labor president of my lifetime.

          The issue is that’s a very low bar. I hold by my stance that he had okay policy. He wasn’t particularly radical. And that would be okay, except that in eschewing radicalism in order to cultivate a moderate image, everything he did is going to be piss-easy to reverse now that he lost the country to a literal fucking fascist.

          Excuse me. How is this Joe Biden’s fault and not the fault of Americans? It seems like you want to place the blame that belongs squarely on Americans on Joe Biden’s shoulders. Joe Biden isn’t some scapegoat, despite America trying to make him one. It’s not Joe Biden’s fault Americans are stupid and irresponsible.

          Man, Biden had internal polling reading a total electoral massacre back at the start of the year and chose to ignore it until his own party forced him out. Fuck him. Stalling until the last minute very well may have been the difference between victory and defeat, and now we’re sitting here wondering if we still will have elections in any meaningful sense in four fucking years.

          Fuck him.

          Fuck our fellow Americans in the electorate. They’re guilty, even moreso, arguably, for allowing fascism to win. But fuck Biden too.