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Hunter Biden to plead guilty to three federal charges | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

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Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will plead guilty to three federal charges, the Justice Department said Tuesday in a court filing.

Poster Comment: If the man committed a crime, then he needs to do the time.

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[–] JayJay@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The president can pardon any federal charge.

[–] WidowsFavoriteSon@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't be pardoned until you're convicted.

[–] JustAnotherOddOne@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately not true; Trump pardoned several of his allies pre-trial, shutting down the process down before convictions could be secured. This included, notably, a Mossad agent responsible for recruiting US military personnel as assets; Steve Bannon, who on top of everything else was facing fraud charges for all the money that disappeared from the border wall crowd funding scam; and Kenneth Kurson, who ran a pro-Trump "newspaper" owned by Kushner, who was facing charges for cyber stalking Trump opponents.