Hunter Biden Pardoned

[Jolly]

The hot rumor...Hunter informed his dad about a month ago he was writing a tell-all book (casting Hunter in the best light, of course), and the book would implicate the Big Guy and other family members.

[Mik]

It was so freaking obvious that he would do this once he was no longer the candidate.

[George K]

And that is the source of the outrage. Clinton, Bush, Obama, and yes, President-Elect Trump , never made statements that they would (or would not) pardon someone.

POTATUS repeated it many times that he would not.

"No one is above the law!" he preened, while showing us that, indeed, his son is.

[George K]

What's the best guess that Biden will pre-emptively pardon his brother, Jim?

[Mik]

Again, we as a nation have come to expect and accept this type of behavior from politicians. Until we decide not to anymore it will worsen.

[George K]

Funny that Biden is framing it as a political persecution.

The precedent is set.

"Thank you, Mr. President!"

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Pardoned:

Funny that Biden is framing it as a political persecution.

The precedent is set.

Biden didn't set the precedent. The reason given for Paul Manafort's pardon was 'The greatest witch hunt in American history'

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Pardoned:

Biden didn't set the precedent. The reason given for Paul Manafort's pardon was 'The greatest witch hunt in American history'

Fair enough.

Biden legitimized it.

[jon-nyc]

@Mik said in Pardoned:

It was so freaking obvious that he would do this once he was no longer the candidate.

Agreed. It never in doubt. It was always just a question of timing.

[Doctor Phibes]

He should never have made all those prior comments denying he'd ever do it, but there you go, this is pretty much standard lying practice.

The whole process is just begging to get abused.

[jon-nyc]

What was he going to say? ‘Yeah, I’ll pardon him at some point’? ‘No comment’?

[Mik]

Pretty much anything other than a stone guarantee that he wouldn't.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Pardoned:

He should never have made all those prior comments denying he'd ever do it,

Biden is at the DGAF stage of his career.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Pardoned:

Biden is at the DGAF stage of his career.

So am I, but I don't get the chance to do that kind of stuff.

I'm sure it will happen to all of us eventually

[Renauda]

@George-K

You're talking about Obama, who ordered an extra-judical assassination of a US citizen? He wasn't indicted or convicted either.

For all intents and purposes, I seem to think that Al-Awlaki had already de facto renounced his US citizenship and declared war against the US via his terrorist acts against American assets and citizens. He was, in fact, quite proud of his terrorist actions and made no attempt to conceal his compliance in their execution. He was most vile and Obama rightly signed off on having him whacked with extreme prejudice. His progeny was merely collateral damage. Good riddance to the lot of them.

Obama did what any good head of state would have done under the circumstances.

[jon-nyc]

Interesting take.

[Copper]

This will be forgotten before Christmas.

[Horace]

I hope somebody is keeping track. All of this will have to be repaid during the Trump admin, at 1.4x the democracy destruction power. That's at current exchange rates. They may change.

[George K]

Schiff says, "There ought to be a law!"

[Mik]

H/T Improv

JONATHAN TURLEY: "President Biden's decision to use his presidential powers on Sunday to pardon his own son will be a decision that lives in infamy in presidential politics. It is not just that the president used his constitutional powers to benefit his family. It is because the action culminates years of lying to the public about his knowledge and intentions in the influence-peddling scandal surrounding his family. Even among past controversies about the use of this pardon power, Biden has cemented his legacy for many, not as the commander in chief, but as the liar in chief. "