President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden
"I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice — and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision," Biden said in his statement.
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The president issued a "full and unconditional pardon" for any offenses Hunter Biden has “committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024," according to the White House statement.
I'm fine with it. I can't imagine what the new president's administration might have tried to do to Biden's son. I hope I am proven otherwise, but the next four years scares me.
John Dean, the former White House counsel who helped bring down President Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal, said he didn’t go far enough ― and urged Biden to issue blanket pardons to everyone President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to target when he returns to the White House next month.
That list includes those who have investigated Trump ― including Robert Mueller and Jack Smith and their teams ― as well as “all on Trump’s enemies list.”
I'm fine with Dean's recommendation as well.
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