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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.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Biden is trash but it's somewhat absurd to hold him accountable for USA's long history of genocidal imperialism. If it weren't him, it would just be another brainwashed puppet.

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] agrv13@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

no country other than maybe Britain has killed even a tenth of civilians. ukraine looks like a peace summit compared to what us did to bangalesh, combodia, south america and even palestine today. trump today very much represents the systemic moral rot that america is. but everyone there is now crying because they are going to be mildly affected by the fasicsm they have forced across the world

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/genocide-us-cant-remember-bangladesh-cant-forget-180961490/

https://jacobin.com/2023/11/kissinger-in-cambodia

[–] agrv13@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

biden has the highest donation from aipac and has basically acted as their pimp for all his political career. he held the ukraine aid hostage to supply 2000lb bombs to mass murder civilians in refugee camps. atleast in past there was the pretense of cold war but this time its a democrat president shamelessly enabling a genocide of poor brown people while starving & evicting them from their own land. forget weapons they don’t even have enough tents and food to survive the winter and this two faced shtihag is sending them f-35 and artillery worth tens of billions.

and now his whoring addict son making millions of his political connections while cheating millions on taxes deserves 10yr blanket pardon while newborns are blown to pieces by his very policies ? and this make him humane ?

downvotes all you want but you are all are defending a rotten genocider

Palestinian newborn twins killed as father obtained birth certificates