Posted on 06/06/2024 4:35:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Joe Biden confirmed on Thursday that he would not pardon his son Hunter Biden, if he was convicted in his gun trial.
The president and the White House have previously claimed Joe Biden would not pardon his own son in the past, but expressed support for Hunter Biden amid the legal battles. Hunter Biden's gun trial, which centers on claims that he lied about his drug addiction status when purchasing a gun in 2018, began on Tuesday.
Joe Biden previously dodged attempts to talk about his son's trial, and did not go into detail in an ABC News interview on Thursday. But responded in the affirmative when asked if he would accept the results of the gun trial. He also said "yes" when asked if he ruled out a pardon for his son.
The commander-in-chief also put out a statement of support for his son on Monday, the day before the trial began, but said he would not be commenting on the trial any further.
“Hunter’s resilience in the face of adversity and the strength he has brought to his recovery are inspiring to us,” the president said, The Hill reported. “A lot of families have loved ones who have overcome addiction and know what we mean. As the President, I don’t and won’t comment on pending federal cases, but as a Dad, I have boundless love for my son, confidence in him, and respect for his strength.”
Joe Biden also commented on former President Donald Trump's hush money trial, and said Trump was trying to subvert the rule of law. Trump was convicted last week on 34 felony counts of falsifying his business records to hide the hush money payment.
"He's trying to undermine it," the president told ABC News. "He got a fair trial. The jury spoke."
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Of course they will. The day after they begin referring to Beau’s widow/Hunter’s ex-lover as “confessed crack whore Hallie Biden.”
President Biden lies with considerable consistency.
Why would President Biden care? If He is re-elected, a pardon would not matter.
If he is not re-elected, a pardon would not matter.
Yes now we know the case has been decided in advance. Not Guilty, Hunter’s a good boy he just suffers from Sex, Drug, and Alcohol addictions just like his sister Ashleigh who according to her diary was molested in the shower most of her life by a creepy old pedophile. I wonder what happened to Hunter in that same shower ?
He’d do it. On his way out the door if he loses the election or very quietly if he does win.
JINX!
I can hear the calls to the jurors at home...”Nice family you got there. Be terrible if something happened to them if Hunter is found guilty.”
Spot on. It’s Delaware so odds are good one juror will not convict and hang the jury.
Biden needs a ratings boost badly, and he wouldn’t get it by announcing he’d pardon his son. Quite the opposite...that would reinvigorate the polling slide, which would reinvigorate the calls to give him the hook. He could not promise to let his guilty-as-hell son off free.
He can always change his mind after the election because he won’t let his son serve a day in jail.
I believe his claim about as much as claims the border is secure.
The FBI will make the jurors an offer they can’t refuse.
He’ll commute his sentence to 1hour served.
That means whoever his handlers is will do it.
The problem is who do they replace Biden with? I just don’t see an alternative. Michelle Obama but even she loses to Trump in polling.
Agreed! They already know the outcome!
I was going to type BS, but I believe the Bidens have a fix.
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