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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.

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[–] mdurell@lemmy.world 6 points 33 minutes ago

Of course he did. If you thought otherwise you were gullible. Politicians lie and party affiliation makes no difference. Save the outrage for the truly outrageous things the next 4 years are going to bring.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 42 minutes ago

Is this just a distraction from the incoming administration refusing to sign ethics statements they signed into law, or avoiding background checks for sensitive government positions

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

So harvey dent was right, You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

Uncanny

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 2 points 45 minutes ago

Biden was your hero? When? Why?

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 17 points 3 hours ago (7 children)

Considering Hunter Biden was the victim of a politically motivated witch hunt, and not an actual criminal. I have no problem with this,

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 46 minutes ago

It’s not like Hunter was a convicted felon serving as President, or any political office. If y’all want to try to throw the rock of corruption, you might want to leave that glass house or step away from the windows

[–] kava@lemmy.world 21 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

and not an actual criminal

yeah it can happen to anybody. sometimes you just forget to pay $1.4M you owe in taxes from the millions of dollars of dubious payments from overseas organizations (Burisma Holdings) owned by Russian oligarchs (Mykola Zlochevsky) that just happened to be investigated, tried and convicted of corruption

you know what message this sends to us plebs? they can do whatever the fuck they want. all we can do is sit and watch

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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 5 points 2 hours ago

Yeah no actual crimes that is why he plead guilty to all of them.

He can both have committed the crimes and have only been attacked as a member of the upper class because of a political jab. The judicial system being used for petty revenge doesn't make it better when it mostly just discredits the system and the position of the president.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 23 points 4 hours ago (6 children)

Lol.

Most of these comments are a great example of how stupid Americans are.

All my life Dems have been held to a higher standard. I've watched them take the high road so many times while the Republicans went low. Continued to honor decorum when Republicans refused.

And guess what happened?

Americans told them to go fuck themselves and voted for blatant Republican corruption instead.

And now there's a bunch of comments in here whining about how Democrats are corrupt for doing this.

Go fuck yourselves. Clowns.

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