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Biden ‘changed his mind’ on pardoning his son after Trump won, Jill Biden says
npr ^ | June 4, 2026 | Luke Garrett , Scott Detrow , Tyler Bartlam , Ashley Brown

Posted on 06/04/2026 10:08:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Former President Joe Biden "truly changed his mind" on pardoning his son Hunter — who was convicted on federal gun and tax charges in 2024 — according to former first lady Jill Biden.

Shortly after Hunter's conviction, President Biden publicly said "I will not pardon him" and then-White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly told the press that a pardon or commutation was off the table. But in the final weeks of his presidency, Biden signed a full and unconditional pardon for his son.

On NPR's Newsmakers video podcast, Jill Biden told All Things Considered Host Scott Detrow that then-candidate Donald Trump's rhetoric about Hunter's criminal cases eventually led her husband to change his mind and pardon their son, who faced prison time.

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: ashleybrown; autopen; bidencrimefamily; changedhismind; hunterbiden; hunterbidenslaptop; jillbiden; lukegarrett; pardon; scottdetrow; tylerbartlam; ukraine

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1 posted on 06/04/2026 10:08:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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“On NPR’s Newsmakers video podcast, Jill Biden told All Things Considered Host Scott Detrow that then-candidate Donald Trump’s rhetoric about Hunter’s criminal cases eventually led her husband to change his mind and pardon their son, who faced prison time.” Were you and Joe afraid of something Jill?


2 posted on 06/04/2026 10:12:20 AM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: BenLurkin

How can we miss them if they won’t go away???


3 posted on 06/04/2026 10:14:52 AM PDT by Vesuvian
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To: BenLurkin

Gropin’ Joe should tell the story himself - not some secondhand account from the help.


4 posted on 06/04/2026 10:16:46 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: kawhill

‘Were you and Joe afraid of something Jill?’

Most likely.


5 posted on 06/04/2026 10:17:13 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: BenLurkin

“So I just decided to do it”, said Jill.


6 posted on 06/04/2026 10:19:30 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

7 posted on 06/04/2026 10:20:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: BenLurkin

So because orange man bad said some things many others were saying (and worse) thats the excuse they offer up for pardoning their son.

Sure. We all believe this whole story. Massive crock of crap.


8 posted on 06/04/2026 10:22:23 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BenLurkin

One of the few pardons he signed himself rather than having the White House staff feed it through the autopen without having to wake him like the rest of the pardons.


9 posted on 06/04/2026 10:23:10 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (If the Islamic Republic government is in power in Iran when the war is over, we will have lost.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ve got a bridge to sell you. It’s well built, and it’s in Brooklyn.


10 posted on 06/04/2026 10:25:27 AM PDT by nagant
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This woman is an even bigger liar than HRC & that is saying something.


11 posted on 06/04/2026 10:26:06 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: BenLurkin

Well... duh.


12 posted on 06/04/2026 10:28:17 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If it ain't fun, you ain't doin' it right.)
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Joe’s mind was so lost, that he couldn’t find it to change if he wanted to.


13 posted on 06/04/2026 10:30:41 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: gibsonguy

Give her a break. They need money since the bribes and assorted grifts dried up. Let her pimp her book in peace


14 posted on 06/04/2026 10:30:58 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: BenLurkin

"Ten Percent For The Big Guy"


15 posted on 06/04/2026 10:35:55 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Libloather
Gropin’ Joe should tell the story himself - not some secondhand account from the help.

Joe cannot tell the story, he was "not there".

You can be assured, however, that Jill had a firm grip on the autopen the minute Joe fell asleep or was incoherent, that the power the pen gave her included protecting her family was uppermost on her mind.

16 posted on 06/04/2026 10:36:17 AM PDT by frog in a pot (Are they already inside the wire? See open borders and not paying TSA payroll during war.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’m sure he did. And I’m sure you claim it’s on Trump. A complete assessment of the Biden Cabal.


17 posted on 06/04/2026 10:38:38 AM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: BenLurkin

Presidential children are virtually untouchable for the simple that is called retribution.

There is no statute of limitation on retribution and when a President is sick on his death bed, his agony can be enhanced by retribution against his kids


18 posted on 06/04/2026 10:39:01 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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Are these the only choices?

A. Michelle Obama’s constant complaining about her life and marriage.

B. “Dr.” Jill’s constant explaining about her life and marriage.

**If either First Lady was a piece of laundry, she would be set on a Rinse Cycle that Never Seems to End!!
Is there no retreat, no ‘farm’ to send them to?


19 posted on 06/04/2026 10:42:29 AM PDT by lee martell
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“...changed his mind...”

When you pull the strings of a puppet, it’s not hard to do. She was running the country to the ground, the last three years of the coup. Her and the other puppet master should have been executed for stealing the election from the rightful winner Donald J Trump. But the day is still young.


20 posted on 06/04/2026 10:50:52 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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