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Here's Why Joe Biden Can't Pardon His Son
Townhall ^ | 07/27/2023 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 07/27/2023 8:13:11 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

It has not been a good week for the Biden White House. The evidence of wrongdoing from their alleged bribery operation hasn’t been refuted or disproven. Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal got tossed by a judge who apparently saw it as a perversion of justice. Hunter was about to plead guilty to gun and tax evasion charges and get no jail time. It was a crock. 

Spencer wrote today that more unethical activities were uncovered through new emails, where Hunter wanted a $2 million retainer to recover frozen Libyan assets in 2015. The emails were sent among Democratic donors, who mulled the proposal due to Hunter's access to then-Vice President Joe Biden.

Leah added that Hunter is also being investigated for being a foreign agent by the Justice Department, which law professor Jonathan Turley said is a charge the Biden White House fears most. Turley added that pardoning Hunter remains the “break-the-glass” option regarding this emerging scandal that could detonate the Biden presidency. Ironically, Biden signing the pardon can only end with the end of this administration, which is why this White House is never going to do it: 

The collapse of the Hunter Biden plea bargain has left many in Washington shocked. After all, this is a city that knows how to fix a fight. After five years, the Biden corruption scandal was supposed to die with a vacuous plea bargain and no jail time. Most everyone was in on the fix, from members of Congress to the media to the prosecutors. The problem was the one notable omission: Judge Maryellen Noreika of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. 

The sentencing hearing was a moment that made the Hindenburg disaster look like a seamless landing. Noreika asked a basic question on the implications of the agreement, and the entire deal immediately collapsed. 

Now the Justice Department is in a bind. It could not admit in the hearing that Hunter Biden could escape future liability for a host of uncharged crimes. Yet, when a defendant backs out of a generous plea deal, federal prosecutors ordinarily will pursue all of the available charges — and jail time. 

While President Joe Biden once declared, in more colorful terms, that no one messes with a Biden, the Justice Department may now find it has no choice. It could be forced to actually treat Hunter like an ordinary citizen. 

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A FARA [Foreign Agents Registration Act] charge could further expose Hunter’s alleged influence-peddling operations, with what House GOP investigators say were millions in foreign payments from a virtual rogue's gallery of foreign officials. The Justice Department also would face pressure to seek the same long jail sentence given to Manafort; he was sentenced to 73 months of imprisonment, which included the statutory maximum 60 months for a conspiracy to violate FARA. (That same year, political consultant W. Samuel Patten pleaded guilty to lobbying and consulting on behalf of the Opposition Bloc, a Ukrainian political party, and received 36 months of probation.) 

That is not even including potential felony charges for the original gun violation, money laundering, or other crimes. If the Justice Department were to show the same aggressive effort toward Hunter Biden that was shown to figures like Manafort, Hunter could be looking at a real possibility of years in jail. 

There is, however, the ultimate "break-the-glass" option that I raised previously if the Bidens and their supporters could not rig the process: Joe Biden could pardon his son and then announce that he will not run for reelection. 

Turley adds that the pardon would have to include numerous crimes, but the Biden family would keep the millions of dollars they’ve accrued through these schemes. The impeachment threat from House Republicans would be neutralized, as Joe would be heading for the exits in 2025. The media would breathe a sigh of relief not having to comb over evidence of Biden corruption they’ve buried out of loyalty to the Democratic Party. He called it a “happy ending” for all, though that’s not going to happen (via Axios): 

The White House said Thursday that there is no possibility that President Biden would end up pardoning his son, Hunter Biden. 

The big picture: A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Hunter Biden's plea deal on tax charges and said that she wasn't ready to accept the terms of a revised deal. 

The case is on hold for at least a few weeks while both sides submit new materials to Judge Maryellen Noreika. 

President Biden supported his son last month after Hunter agreed to plead guilty to not paying taxes in 2017 and 2018. 

Joe still controls the Justice Department, which has kept his family safe from criminal prosecution for years. He knows he holds the cards, at least for now.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bidencrimefamily; hunterbiden; joebiden; noreika; pardon; pleagate; sweetheartdeal
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To: TBP

If not the ‘Big Guy’, then most certainly Mz. Harris.
Judgment day may depend on a much higher Judge in order
to see the Bidens (and other players) get their just rewards.


41 posted on 07/28/2023 3:07:56 AM PDT by V K Lee (Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistance by very wise men. A document Unlike any other.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Gruesome Newsom is my prediction.


42 posted on 07/28/2023 3:11:57 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Tagline for sale.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Suggest listening to Mark Levin’s podcast from last night. Brilliant legal analysis if what is happening in the hunter case and that this will hasten Biden’s stepping down for health reasons. Kamala becomes acting and she pardons hunter. Joe can’t do it as it has now been proven a Co conspirator. Marks analysis is spot on.


43 posted on 07/28/2023 3:25:03 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future. )
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To: PCPOET7

That is the main reason they are trying to destroy Trump. The lawbreaker guberment/mafia people knows Trump will come after them hard.


44 posted on 07/28/2023 4:03:05 AM PDT by oldasrocks (uit )
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course, he will pardon his son. He was a partner with him. If he drops out of the race, Hunter will be pardoned of any and all charges against him OR being investigated before he exits. If he wins another term, he is a lame duck and will pardon him anyway. At any rate, he will have his Justice Department drag this out until after the election.


45 posted on 07/28/2023 4:07:27 AM PDT by chuckee ( )
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To: SeekAndFind
The White House said Thursday that there is no possibility that President Biden would end up pardoning his son, Hunter Biden.

Dopey Joe has demonstrated a willingness to fornicate at least one of his kids in the shower already, so it's not out of the possibility that he'll fornicate hunter as well and toss him right under the bus to save his own skin.

And the media will gush that it just shows a father's love for his son.

46 posted on 07/28/2023 4:17:25 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course he’ll pardon him, and paint himself and Hunter as political martyrs in the process. With the media and DOJ running cover, and a rigged election process firmly in place, there’s no real fear of ballot box judgment, so where’s the deterrent?


47 posted on 07/28/2023 4:18:38 AM PDT by william clark (A man who is unwilling to be proven wrong has little regard for truth.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Leah added that Hunter is also being investigated for being a foreign agent by the Justice Department, which law professor Jonathan Turley said is a charge the Biden White House fears most.

Maybe Hunter can try marketing a beer brand. Call it "Hunter Beer" after a similarly investigated White House brother...


48 posted on 07/28/2023 4:24:11 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." - Kahlil Gibran)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Asserting facts that are not in evidence.
Misstating laws.
Vouching for the credibility of a witness.
Mischaracterizing evidence.
Discriminating in jury selection.
Interfering with a defendant’s Constitutional rights.
Failing to train subordinates.

Enforce this ^^^ and there won’t be a prosecutor or defense lawyer left in the US in 2 weeks.


49 posted on 07/28/2023 4:34:33 AM PDT by OSHA (Dale Carnegie has a restraining order against me.)
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To: bigbob

They already split the money


50 posted on 07/28/2023 4:40:28 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: OSHA

Especially “misstating laws.”

I swear I see prosecutors constantly making up crimes and charging people for things that aren’t actually anywhere in the statutes. See” Alvin Bragg”


51 posted on 07/28/2023 5:47:51 AM PDT by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton)
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To: SeekAndFind

18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy


52 posted on 07/28/2023 7:36:21 AM PDT by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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To: Fungi

CAN DOJ REFUSE THE PARDON????


53 posted on 07/28/2023 8:51:32 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: SeekAndFind

Benjamin Franklin’s adopted son ended up in prison after the Revolution because he had been a British loyalist. Just sayin.’


54 posted on 07/28/2023 4:11:34 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“There is no good government at all & none possible.”--Mark Twain)
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To: DesertRhino

And Brandon will try to also put unknown future crimes in there as well. Just like the DoJ and Hunter’s lawyers tried in the Plea Agreement


55 posted on 07/28/2023 4:18:33 PM PDT by jpp113
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To: Secret Agent Man

BTW, someone tell Trump how to spell stolen. He keeps posting on Truth Social, spelling it like some German cake.


56 posted on 07/29/2023 1:34:15 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TBP

“That means they plan to do it.”

Not quite. Biden will resign near the end of his term and Harris will pardon both Hunter and the Big Guy. In the alternate, Hunter pleads guilty to a bunch of crimes and the Big Guy grants clemency, which technically is not a pardon.


57 posted on 07/29/2023 1:51:27 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: TBP

Like how, “Schtolen”?


58 posted on 07/29/2023 3:16:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“stollen”


59 posted on 07/30/2023 1:52:20 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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