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President Biden was always going to pardon Hunter, He just pretended he wouldn’t for electoral reasons
Spectator World ^ | 12/02/2024

Posted on 12/02/2024 8:25:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Joe Biden’s whole presidency has been built on untruths. We were led to believe, for instance, that since 2021 the commander-in-chief has been fit and well enough to serve, when everybody could see that he was not.

So the latest proof-of-dishonesty over the pardoning of Hunter Biden comes as no great surprise. Of course, Joe was going to grant clemency to his errant and only living son. He just pretended he wouldn’t all year for electoral reasons.

“I believe in the justice system,” said the president in a statement. “But as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice.”

“I hope Americans will understand why a father and a president would come to this decision,” Biden said in his statement.

There it is. The maudlin love of the father used to dress up the presidential deceit. Joe and Jill repeatedly made out that, in contrast to Donald Trump, their respect for the justice system meant they wouldn’t use his presidential power to pardon Hunter. But now they have nothing to lose.

The “raw politics” Biden is referring to is not just the Republican efforts to prosecute Hunter; rather Joe’s own politicking led him to stand aside as the wheels of justice ground against his son. It’s worth remembering that Hunter was initially let off with a judicial slap on the wrist. Then, as the Democratic-led lawfare campaign against Donald Trump started to backfire politically, the Department of Justice suddenly did charge Hunter over three felony counts relating to his purchase of a handgun in 2018.

The surprising part about the pardon is its timing. Why did Biden announce the news this weekend, rather than waiting for January to let his loved-one off-the-hook, as is customary for presidents vacating the White House? “Once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further,” says Biden. But nobody quite believes that.

Did Joe think that Americans would be in a forgiving mood on Thanksgiving? Or is his health in such precipitous decline that he felt necessary to pardon his son now before it’s too late?

Is the Biden presidency, in fact, likely to end before Inauguration Day on January 20, 2025? In that case, might Kamala Harris become the first female US president after all, albeit only for a few days? That may sound outlandish. Never put anything past the Democrats, though.

It’s also interesting that Trump has not directly attacked his rival for his “full and unconditional” pardon of his son. On his Truth Social platform last night, the Donald posted:

Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!

That suggests Trump may use his executive power to grant clemency to the many Americans who have been pursued by Biden’s Department of Justice over the disorder on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021.

But it also looks as if Trump, having had a fairly amicable-looking meeting with Biden in the White House after his election victory last month, is willing to let the murky Hunter story fade away.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dirtydems; hunterbiden; lyinjoebiden; pardon
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1 posted on 12/02/2024 8:25:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh, well, that is nice of him.


2 posted on 12/02/2024 8:27:30 AM PST by BEJ
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To: SeekAndFind

Why would anyone believe that corrupt SOB wasn’t always planning to pardon crackhead?

Anybody that did needs to pull their head outta their ass.


3 posted on 12/02/2024 8:28:56 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Don’t forget too that the highest levels of the FBI and CIA were involved in suppressing evidence of Pedo Pete and Hunter’s perversion and corruption.


4 posted on 12/02/2024 8:29:02 AM PST by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind

Who will pard0n Obiden?


5 posted on 12/02/2024 8:29:25 AM PST by ABStrauss (I miss Rush!)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is how the Democrat Party operates.


6 posted on 12/02/2024 8:30:06 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BEJ

lying seems so natural to him


7 posted on 12/02/2024 8:30:13 AM PST by xp38
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To: SeekAndFind

Joe is right, it was totally selective and unfair prosecution.

I mean, who else would ever be prosecuted for lying to get a gun or not pay taxes on millions of dollars? Wait, is that a (D) I see after his name?

It’s not like he borrowed money from a Bank and faithfully paid it back. I mean, that’s criminal.


8 posted on 12/02/2024 8:30:34 AM PST by theyreallthesame
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To: SeekAndFind

Electoral reasons? Just a garden variety liar.


9 posted on 12/02/2024 8:31:23 AM PST by vivenne
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To: V_TWIN

And immediately went to Africa with his mophead press secretary in tow so as to not have to answer any questions......what a complete and utter coward.


10 posted on 12/02/2024 8:31:38 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: SeekAndFind

And ChiComjoe has seven more weeks to pardon the rest of the Biden Crime Family.... including himself.


11 posted on 12/02/2024 8:32:25 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: SeekAndFind

And, “Look, we beat Medicare”...


12 posted on 12/02/2024 8:32:41 AM PST by AFret. (.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Gosh. Now I’m wondering if Kamala was really going to solve all of those problems starting from “Day One”. Maybe she just said that for electoral reasons ...


13 posted on 12/02/2024 8:33:00 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: SeekAndFind

But now he has to pardon the rest of the Biden family members, because they ALL know they were on the take.


14 posted on 12/02/2024 8:33:51 AM PST by oil_dude
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Joe Biden’s 50 years wallowing at the public trough reached its apogee when we the people were led to believe that since 2021 he has been fit and well enough to serve as prez, when everybody could see that he was not.

In on the duplicitous coverup——drill, kamala, Obama, Hunter, asst aides and the obeisant media.


15 posted on 12/02/2024 8:35:05 AM PST by Liz (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to RULE. (H.L, Mencken))
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To: SeekAndFind

Six separate times White House press secretary Jean-Pierre said that Joe Biden would not pardon Hunter.

So it seems to me she’ll have to say “Oops!” at least six times to even things out. I think that’s the way it works, anyway.


16 posted on 12/02/2024 8:35:28 AM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: oil_dude

Actually, by pardoning Hunter, he was essentially pardoning himself, since every single financial corruption of Hunter Biden points ultimately to Joe himself ( the Big Guy ).


17 posted on 12/02/2024 8:35:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
"President Biden was always going to pardon Hunter, He just pretended lied that he wouldn’t for electoral reasons"
18 posted on 12/02/2024 8:37:03 AM PST by plain talk
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To: SeekAndFind

Electoral reasons?

Say what? Biden was not up for election, so that doesn’t make sense.


19 posted on 12/02/2024 8:39:16 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“No one is above the law”. What a crock of pig crap. It only applies to the commoners, aka “taxpayers”. Biden was relying on his corrupt DOJ to get Hunter off the hook. When that didn’t work, he had no option but to pardon poor baby Hunter, because If they nailed Hunter Joe (the big guy) was next. You can bet Hunter would spill the beans on daddy to save his own ass. “If you don’t pardon me daddy, I’m gonna tell how much money you’re really worth, and how you got it”.


20 posted on 12/02/2024 8:42:07 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan
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