Posted on 12/02/2024 4:14:47 AM PST by MtnClimber
I am not as upset about this as some people justifiably are.
However, on the positive side, this does illustrate exactly the corruption endemic to the Democrat Party/Deep State and the Media support of them, and I don’t see that complete open admittance of and acceptance by the Left that there are two systems of justice in this country as a bad thing.
Sure, I would like to see all of them prosecuted and jailed for what they have done.
We all would.
But the silver lining is, that even the densest of detached people cannot see this for exactly the element of corruption it is.
Just because he’s been pardoned doesn’t mean his actions can’t be brought out into the sunlight.
This family needs full exposure of its grift and treason to the US. Make this POS a complete pariah.
“I would challenge the constitutionality of this kind of pardon.”
I agree. How can you pardon someone for uncharged, non-specified crimes that occurred over a 10 year period?
Hunter is just the start. He will also, during his last week in office, fully pardon his grifting brother and sister as well as himself for any crimes that they may be charged with citing on the pretext the opposition will lawfare him. The ultimate irony
“Time for Red States to practice lawfare to bleed Hunter dry financially? Let’s see how they respond to tit for their tat.”
Well, in effect, Hunter Biden has now effectively been given a license to steal at least hundreds of thousands of dollars from the federal tax coffers. You or I did 1/10th of that and got caught, at best, our lives would be hell until the amount and penalties were paid.
So, the states should just sit back and do nothing for their citizens who pay taxes, some, very heavy state taxes?
This isn’t a “lawfare” issue.
Treason shouldn’t be allowed in POTUS pardons.
Wow, really? I sure hope so.
Nixon's pardon was very broad. And on his way out the door, Bubba's attorney stepped to the mike and said Bubba would never be prosecuted for anything that occurred while in office.
But Hunter is, never was, never will be President and those cases are NOT precedence...and if Biden thinks they are...he's just doing as told.
Agree...the Pardon is only good for the charges on hand. And there's something else...he was never "sentenced". Last I heard, it's still an open case until one is sentenced. So I'm not sure the pardon is valid on its face.
Will Biden now pardon himself(his family) AND Trump in order to provide cover? He can do it in the name of “unity and putting rancor behind us”. He has used those words before while doing something underhanded to benefit himself.
Doesn’t this life long criminal and grifter have a daughter? He could pardon her to further “make history”...first first-daughter pardoned. What a pathetic criminal family.
The timing is a bit odd, too. Why so early? My suspicion is that he is getting this out of the way so he can step down and let Kamala be the 47th — the first woman Pres.
Which is a good thing, BTWay. It will cause the HilaryHag to stroke out — which will be fun to watch.
Also, Pelosi will step up to be Vice.
And, with this, we can all say : “did that”, and never again bother with a woman in charge.
Now that he has been pardoned, H can explain the pictures of his underage niece on his computer.
Biden did this so that his son and his son’s associates can’t be forced to tell any more about his fathers part in his money-laundering influence peddling schemes.
I understand how everyone is outraged, but I don’t see how anyone should be surprised. Joe Biden has *always* been corrupt. Maybe I’m a little more aware of it since I live a mere three miles from his state, but that’s the simple fact. He’s always been corrupt, and he was *always* going to pardon Hunter.
A couple of questions:
Just because he is immune from prosecution, does that mean he gets to keep the illegally gotten proceeds from his crimes?
Since he is now immune to prosecution for his crimes, does that mean that hunter can now be made to testify (under oath, in televised hearings) against the biden crime family without the benefit of the 5th amendment?
“Joe probably needs to pardon himself too.”
He still has time. It is also possible Trump will pull a Gerald Ford and pardon Joe Biden a few days after taking office.
And the entire felony Biden family indictments for the millions they took from the communist China CCP while groper Joe was VP under Obama????
Yes, but can Hunter stop breaking the law once his dad is out of the picture and can not pardon him for future crimes? I don’t think Hunter will outlive his dad by much. Good riddance is all I can say.
If the Lawfare trend continues, then it is probably going to be a necessity that every outgoing president pardon himself and cabinet members before leaving office.
From the article:
“More serious charges related to money laundering, bribery, and operating as an unregistered foreign agent of corrupt and adversarial foreign governments, all of which were tied to the Biden clan’s corrupt influence-peddling operation, were never brought against the first son.”
Charges of pedophilia also were not brought despite ample evidence on the laptop.
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