Well, Joe is old and nobody gonna bother him no more. But his wife, and his sister, and his brothers, and between all of 'em the wretched spawn, and...
An interesting knock on effect of the pardon will be that Hunter can no longer use his fifth amendment protection from self incrimination to avoid testifying against other members of the Biden family.
It will be interesting to see if this becomes an issue if he is called to testify in any investigations by the new administration and Congress.
I think Pandora opened a box. The pardon was probably meant to clean his son, but it might backfire hundredfold. Not only that Trump can now easily pardon whomever he chooses, but the rest of the Biden corrupt family can be prosecuted!
Prosecuting the Bidens won't accomplish much, but putting them on the witness stand to drag in the real criminals could accomplish a lot...Depends on whether the attorney general has that kind of integrity....which I won't bet on with Pam Bondi....
I don't think the pardon can work WITHOUT a federal conviction. Since Hunter hasn't been federally convicted to Burisma related activities, that's still on the table. And that's assuming someone in Ukraine doesn't grow a pair and convict him there. And as such, he wouldn't lose his 5th amendment protections against those un-convicted crimes.
There is an easy way to test that. Call him in and start asking questions. Any topic where he asserts his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination is fair game for a prosecution. Put him on the horns of a dilemma as we say in the legal field.
As much as I'd like to think differently any chance of the Bidens seeing justice on this plane of existence vanished the moment he took office. Hunter's free and clear and knows it. It would just be "I don't recall" over and over. Does anyone seriously believe there won't be a stack of pardons for the rest around Jan 19? I'd bet they've been signed and ready since Jan 20, 2021.
Yeah, he can unfortunately. He is still liable for State charges. However if asked about bribery payments from Ukraine or China it would be hard to not answer on the 5th as those would not be State crimes.
This pardon is not just about protecting Hunter from legal consequences related to his prior convictions but also about safeguarding him from investigations into his controversial business dealings, most notably his tenure on the board of Burisma.
In other words; protection from prosecution from the Biden family criminal enterprise.
Biden’s 11-year blanket pardon of Hunter is even more expansive than the pardon Ford gave to Nixon in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal.
It goes further than that. Think of all the corrupt politicians that that made money from Ukraine and China. Hunter could always flip on them, and Joe would know schadenfreude.
Appreciate you and other Americans explaining the behind-the-scenes reason for all the shenanigans.
While our jelly-necked "leaders" surely have numerous ways to slither out of legal responsibilities, there's no such thing as a blanket fiat pardon - not even for the King, or from the King.
At the moment, I'm warm. Hot coffee inside and a fire going. This time of the year, the Sun doesn't crest the trees to the South of us, so until mid-January we get whatever manage to pierce the treeline.
It's perpetual gloom, unless the sky is entirely clear. Woke up to -11C/12F, and 4" of over-night snow. Work work work. Who needs a gym?
Speaking of AC - we have one of those air/air-fans installed but the power is too expensive to run it, and the manual states it's not to be used when it's below -15C.
It's funny in a way. Firewood to last us from October 1st until April 30th cost - if we buy it cut and split - us about $500. But since there was a brief storm a few weeks ago I was busy clearing trees from a nearby road, our actual cost this year will be about $30 for heating for the same period (petrol + oil for the chainsaw).
What's really "funny" is that British environmentalists have contributed to the high cost of electricity but would be horrified by your use of wood pollution as a result of the high cost of electricity!!
Yes primarily. The period 2014-2024 speaks a lot. After "EuroMaidan' in 2014.secured a grip on Ukraine, the Biden.have been involved in dirty business there along Amos Hochstein and the Blinken gang.
That's the part that confuses me, actually. If the Justice Department were to take some prosecutorial action against Joe Biden, for acts committed between 2014 and the present (Joe was Vice President, then a private citizen and then President) then Hunter could be called to testify, and ostensibly could not plead the 5th.
Apparently now there's some mumbling in the Biden camp that Joe may step down and give Kamala a few weeks as President...if they do that, well, well, well...Kamala could pardon Joe! What a wonderful government we have!
Joe doesn't need Kamala. He can pardon himself and everyone connected with the influence-peddling scheme and keep it in his pocket in case of need later on.
Can he pardon himself? I wasn't sure. That's why Ford pardoned Nixon; otherwise Nixon surely would have pardoned himself? I don't really know the rules about self-pardon for a President! This is all getting very convoluted.
Yes, the real purpose is to stop investigation of the Biden family influence peddling scheme. The easiest way to get more evidence would have been to make a deal with Hunter so he could testify against the rest of the family. The pardon makes that impossible, or at least very difficult.
That doesn't make sense. Pardoning Hunter takes away his ability to refuse to testify against others, as he cannot incriminate himself by giving testimony (no 5th Amendment ability to refuse to testify).
Hunter's sentencing for his tax crimes was to be in two to three weeks. He pleaded guilty because a trial might have opened up new avenues of investigation that could lead to Joe. Pardoning Hunter now gives the court time to remove that from the calendar.
The Fifth Amendment says you can refuse to testify on the grounds that it might tend to incriminate you. But now nothing can incriminate Hunter for that period (not on federal charges anyway), so he can no longer refuse to testify. It's quite a common thing. Common thugs are given immunity on some charge in order to force them to implicate others.
Your second sentence actually explains your first. The principle is that it doesn't matter how you get immunity -- once you have it, you can no longer hide behind the Fifth.
What I learned this morning. The pardon and not being able to plead the fifth only some to federal crimes. Hunter can still have state and civil charges brought against him. There he can STILL plead 5th.
Civil suits decide torts, not crimes. The Fifth Amendment prevents you from inCRIMinating yourself, not financially inconveniencing yourself. Therefore it doesn't apply in civil cases.
Why do we act like notions of "corruption" or even notions of law matter anymore? These people and their families are our political enemies. It doesn't matter what they've done or not, what laws or procedures they try to invoke as shields, their loyalties are against ours, and they have shown us their complete disregard of our own humanity. They deserve no quarter.
The important part is that it's a pardon for everything from 2014 to 2024, including things we don't know, and possibly even things Joe himself doesn't know.
Given that many have not seen trial 4 years after being held in solitary, even Amnesty International should have been protesting for their release. In this case, the delay of the process is the punishment.
Ray Epps urged the crowd to "enter the capitol", but as far as I know he did not get violent. I am not disagreeing with you, I'm just asking if there is any actual evidence that those breaking windows and such were found to be FBI assets? It would not surprise me a bit, but I have not seen anyone actually make that claim yet except you.
That's surprising. The circles I usually run in/visit all know it. I'd suggest looking it up though. I saw and read what I needed to 4 years ago, and I've no interest in digging it all up again. If you're interested, you'll find it.
All of you in the nations that locked down? That have leaders that threatened you with fines, being fired, institutionalised, put in camps for saying "No thanks" to an experimental injection?
Remember?
This is what they think of you. Really think of you:
"Eat shit, pleb. I have the power, so fuck you"
Perhaps. . . perhaps we should all - seriously - consider responding in kind?
This is why I really don't care about gloating or savoring the humiliation and disgrace of Joe Biden's presidency. It's petty and unbecoming, I know, but this is all just so well-deserved. For nearly four years, I lived with the knowledge that a senile incompetent could make life truly miserable and untenable for millions of his citizens, including me and my family. Let's say Big Brother, after years of physical and psychological torture, lifted up the veil and said, "Let's have some grace and good wishes, 2 + 2 really is 4, I was just doing my job, and I'm sorry." Who in their right mind would oblige? I am responding to the Biden administration in kind: FUCK YOU ALL!
Yes and they traffic kids through Clinton Foundation. But Joe & his brother have brokered massive wars that killed hundreds of thousands. Hard to compare 'em. And THEIR human trafficking efforts are even larger.
Law Professor Jonathan Turley, no conservative lawyer, excoriates Biden for this pardon. See https://x.com/JonathanTurley/
"The Hill posted my column on the implications of the Biden pardon and how it might not achieve as complete immunity from prosecution as President Joe Biden may have hoped for. What it does achieve is the final and total corruption of the Biden presidency."
"...It is also the final corruption of the media with many responding with the usual uncomfortable shrug despite the litany of lies. It is a measure of what you can call Biden ethics. In the curious world of Joe Biden, a lie that no one believes is treated the same as the truth."
"...President Biden has become the very embodiment of our post-truth politics where identity rather than veracity drives meaning. Many accept that he may be a liar on a presidential scale, but he is our liar. That is enough..."
"...However, this pardon does not merely benefit Hunter but benefits Joe Biden. He pardoned for any crimes from the most mundane to murder, including any crimes associated with the multi-million-dollar influence-peddling operation."
"With his pardoning of his son, President Biden has set a standard that is not merely a new low but positively subterraneous for future presidents..."
“He said he made the decision because the charges against Hunter were politically motivated and designed to hurt him politically.“
LOL. You mean like all the Lawfare waged against Trump and calling parents who show up at school board meetings to object to the alphabet mafia queering kindergartners “Domestic Terrorists” and locking up octogenarian grannies for protesting in front of the local Klanned UnParenthood for 12 yrs?
That kind of politically driven charge? Because I’m pretty sure clearing him of a Mars Hill Diety-like smorgasbord of criminal activity isn’t like any other pardon in history.
How was your family Thanksgiving?
Here's how White Trash Joe Biden's went:
Hunter: Hey Dad, about that pardon...
Joe: Not gonna happen son, I gave my word.
Hunter: OK, so... I'm writing this tell-all book about China, Ukraine, and everything else...
Joe: I was joking: You'll have it by Monday - like my word has ever been worth anything right kiddo?
Hunter: … gonna call it “The Big Guy” and have your photo on the cover… what’s that? A full and complete pardon?
Joe: Yep! Now, pass the mashed cranberry gravy and gimme an Easter egg! We
They forget that only the two most innocuous crimes out of everything on the laptop were chosen to be prosecuted. That in itself was the politically motivated part.
These people are utterly monstrous. As, by the way, are the legions of smiling libtards who tell me the notion that the economy is doing poorly is a Republican conspiracy theory.
My son’s macroeconomic teacher in college said something similar. He told the class that everyone was just “making it up” and just “thinking” our economy and inflation was bad… 🤨🤨🤨💩💩💩🔥🔥🔥
Some of them? It's an epidemic. They are being indoctrinated. That's what you get for the price of an education. A woke angry nut graduate who probably won't do all that well in the working world.
It’s quite the grift…🔥🔥🔥😡 Unless you want to work at Walmart you’re probably going to need some kind of degree program behind your name… unless you know someone to get you into a good job…
Can some lawyer explain the validity of backdating a pardon to include acts which might have been felonies in 2014, but for which charges have not yet been filed? I thought pardons were limited to situations in which charges had been filed.
It's not about Hunter. It's about keeping Joe's corruption hidden. Joe was the mob boss, Hunter was the bag man.
yes, it's also to protect himself – perhaps even primarily for that purpose.
Well, Joe is old and nobody gonna bother him no more. But his wife, and his sister, and his brothers, and between all of 'em the wretched spawn, and...
The wench and the wretched spawn...lmao
Wench is a lovely word. Don't waste it on Philly Jill.
Low trolling TROLLOP...of course, she is Dr. Trollop
Trollop is a nice word too. I don't see Jill as the juicy sort.
That is funny
Yea verily even "unto the twentieth generation" ... 😉🙂
...and counting. All sides of the sheets.
🙂 Figuratively and literally — who one gets into which “beds” with and what are the quid pro quos … 😉🙂
Somewhat apropos of which, en passant, and ICYMI:
https://www.ymeskhout.com/p/meghan-murphys-speedrun-guide-to
Unfortunately for the rest of them, the pardon only extends to Hunter...
They're all on Joe's to-do list. Don't even imagine they're not.
An interesting knock on effect of the pardon will be that Hunter can no longer use his fifth amendment protection from self incrimination to avoid testifying against other members of the Biden family.
It will be interesting to see if this becomes an issue if he is called to testify in any investigations by the new administration and Congress.
I think Pandora opened a box. The pardon was probably meant to clean his son, but it might backfire hundredfold. Not only that Trump can now easily pardon whomever he chooses, but the rest of the Biden corrupt family can be prosecuted!
Blanket Biden family pardons in 3, 2, 1...
We sink further into the abyss of our self-destruction.
Rumor has it that Biden will pardon his brother and other family members (including himself).
It does seem to me that every single tactic which the Dems have used against "our side", has turned around to aim itself at them.
Prosecuting the Bidens won't accomplish much, but putting them on the witness stand to drag in the real criminals could accomplish a lot...Depends on whether the attorney general has that kind of integrity....which I won't bet on with Pam Bondi....
The law of unintended consequences.
True...it's kind of a trap for Hunter, since he can still be jailed for civil contempt if he refuses to answer, and for perjury if he lies....
This sort of thing is an example of why we cannot trust the elite. It is unjust to allow them to enjoy the fruit of their crime and not the thorn.
If the elite can circumvent the rules of our system why can’t everyone else? Damn these people.
I don't think the pardon can work WITHOUT a federal conviction. Since Hunter hasn't been federally convicted to Burisma related activities, that's still on the table. And that's assuming someone in Ukraine doesn't grow a pair and convict him there. And as such, he wouldn't lose his 5th amendment protections against those un-convicted crimes.
There is an easy way to test that. Call him in and start asking questions. Any topic where he asserts his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination is fair game for a prosecution. Put him on the horns of a dilemma as we say in the legal field.
As much as I'd like to think differently any chance of the Bidens seeing justice on this plane of existence vanished the moment he took office. Hunter's free and clear and knows it. It would just be "I don't recall" over and over. Does anyone seriously believe there won't be a stack of pardons for the rest around Jan 19? I'd bet they've been signed and ready since Jan 20, 2021.
Yeah, he can unfortunately. He is still liable for State charges. However if asked about bribery payments from Ukraine or China it would be hard to not answer on the 5th as those would not be State crimes.
Absolutely right.
This pardon is not just about protecting Hunter from legal consequences related to his prior convictions but also about safeguarding him from investigations into his controversial business dealings, most notably his tenure on the board of Burisma.
In other words; protection from prosecution from the Biden family criminal enterprise.
Biden’s 11-year blanket pardon of Hunter is even more expansive than the pardon Ford gave to Nixon in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal.
Think about that!
It goes further than that. Think of all the corrupt politicians that that made money from Ukraine and China. Hunter could always flip on them, and Joe would know schadenfreude.
I agree. This wasn't about "blow" this was all about Joe
Appreciate you and other Americans explaining the behind-the-scenes reason for all the shenanigans.
While our jelly-necked "leaders" surely have numerous ways to slither out of legal responsibilities, there's no such thing as a blanket fiat pardon - not even for the King, or from the King.
Well we appreciate your insights/analysis of what's happening across the pond as well, Rikard.
Hope you're staying warm.
We'll probably survive winter down here in Florida if we turn the A/C off a few times at night!
At the moment, I'm warm. Hot coffee inside and a fire going. This time of the year, the Sun doesn't crest the trees to the South of us, so until mid-January we get whatever manage to pierce the treeline.
It's perpetual gloom, unless the sky is entirely clear. Woke up to -11C/12F, and 4" of over-night snow. Work work work. Who needs a gym?
Speaking of AC - we have one of those air/air-fans installed but the power is too expensive to run it, and the manual states it's not to be used when it's below -15C.
It's funny in a way. Firewood to last us from October 1st until April 30th cost - if we buy it cut and split - us about $500. But since there was a brief storm a few weeks ago I was busy clearing trees from a nearby road, our actual cost this year will be about $30 for heating for the same period (petrol + oil for the chainsaw).
And that /really/ warms the heart of a skinflint!
What's really "funny" is that British environmentalists have contributed to the high cost of electricity but would be horrified by your use of wood pollution as a result of the high cost of electricity!!
I think we all kinda knew this would happen before January.
Qu'elle surprise!
Yes primarily. The period 2014-2024 speaks a lot. After "EuroMaidan' in 2014.secured a grip on Ukraine, the Biden.have been involved in dirty business there along Amos Hochstein and the Blinken gang.
That's the part that confuses me, actually. If the Justice Department were to take some prosecutorial action against Joe Biden, for acts committed between 2014 and the present (Joe was Vice President, then a private citizen and then President) then Hunter could be called to testify, and ostensibly could not plead the 5th.
It makes it easier for Hunter to be the 2028 Dem nominee. between now and the Dem primaries he will announce that he has found Jesus.
He's not presidential material, but he has all the qualifications to be the next Senator from Delaware.
Hahaha!!
Hahaha!!
That's what I was going to say. Why doesn't he just pardon himself for any past crimes also?
IF that's true (I read it too, but I have no idea) this wouldn't prevent him from doing it, it would give him carte blanche to tell all.
Does this mean Hunter will keep any royalties?
100%. Hunter's only job was selling access to Joe.
https://simulationcommander.substack.com/p/a-deep-dive-into-emails-between-vp
Honestly what else was he good for? The good son died.
The alleged "good son"
None of them were good…Bo just looked better because he didn’t do drugs & make sex tapes w/prostitutes.
He was called "Beau". Most likely a coke head too. It' is known to cause brain cancer, specifically glioblastomas.
Are you kidding? He's a hero in the drug dealer and prostitute communities!
Apparently now there's some mumbling in the Biden camp that Joe may step down and give Kamala a few weeks as President...if they do that, well, well, well...Kamala could pardon Joe! What a wonderful government we have!
Joe doesn't need Kamala. He can pardon himself and everyone connected with the influence-peddling scheme and keep it in his pocket in case of need later on.
Can he pardon himself? I wasn't sure. That's why Ford pardoned Nixon; otherwise Nixon surely would have pardoned himself? I don't really know the rules about self-pardon for a President! This is all getting very convoluted.
No one knows the rules about that, since it's not addressed in the Constitution, and it's never happened before.
wow a tangled web would get into a granny knot!
🤦🏽♀️
Yes, the real purpose is to stop investigation of the Biden family influence peddling scheme. The easiest way to get more evidence would have been to make a deal with Hunter so he could testify against the rest of the family. The pardon makes that impossible, or at least very difficult.
Yup.
Joe pardoned Joe.
That doesn't make sense. Pardoning Hunter takes away his ability to refuse to testify against others, as he cannot incriminate himself by giving testimony (no 5th Amendment ability to refuse to testify).
Hunter's sentencing for his tax crimes was to be in two to three weeks. He pleaded guilty because a trial might have opened up new avenues of investigation that could lead to Joe. Pardoning Hunter now gives the court time to remove that from the calendar.
Yes, and shuts down all investigations into Hunter Biden for things that Hunter has not yet been charged with.
I don’t understand the logic of your statement…
The Fifth Amendment says you can refuse to testify on the grounds that it might tend to incriminate you. But now nothing can incriminate Hunter for that period (not on federal charges anyway), so he can no longer refuse to testify. It's quite a common thing. Common thugs are given immunity on some charge in order to force them to implicate others.
I think that you are mixing up a Presidential pardon from taking the 5th.
Giving "common thugs immunity" is a plea bargain that has nothing to do with the 5th Amendment.
Your second sentence actually explains your first. The principle is that it doesn't matter how you get immunity -- once you have it, you can no longer hide behind the Fifth.
What I learned this morning. The pardon and not being able to plead the fifth only some to federal crimes. Hunter can still have state and civil charges brought against him. There he can STILL plead 5th.
Civil suits decide torts, not crimes. The Fifth Amendment prevents you from inCRIMinating yourself, not financially inconveniencing yourself. Therefore it doesn't apply in civil cases.
Apply to federal.... Not some. Sorry edit button not working
Maybe the laptop can testify.
LOL
Does it have AI?
If so, you may have cracked the case!
So true.
That's why the blanket pardon went all the way back to 2014.
Joe pardoned Joe.
SO OBVIOUS.
That's a strange way to protect your image. By pardoning hunter he is acknowledging he did it.
They only care about the money. Always about the money.
Bingo!!!
Why do we act like notions of "corruption" or even notions of law matter anymore? These people and their families are our political enemies. It doesn't matter what they've done or not, what laws or procedures they try to invoke as shields, their loyalties are against ours, and they have shown us their complete disregard of our own humanity. They deserve no quarter.
The important part is that it's a pardon for everything from 2014 to 2024, including things we don't know, and possibly even things Joe himself doesn't know.
Given Hunter's drug habit, quite possibly things Hunter doesn't know either.
Can he even do that? I didn't think so. I thought he could only pardon crimes that he has already been convicted of -- or at least charged with.
I was surprised. too. but then IANAL (I am not a lawyer).
Count yourself lucky.
No. It is rare, but blanket pardons have been given.
Rat, good point. My neighbour says you should beat your child once a month. You may not know why you’re doing it but they will. Same idea.
It definitely relates the the 2014 coup in Ukraine
Trump should PARDON. EVERY. SINGLE. J6'er within 15 minutes of being sworn in on January 20th!!
Given that many have not seen trial 4 years after being held in solitary, even Amnesty International should have been protesting for their release. In this case, the delay of the process is the punishment.
It's going to happen!
WITH PREJUDICE!
Actually, I think he should only pardon the non-violent J6ers. That's most of them, of course.
The only violent ones were the FBI assets who posed as Trumpers.
I suspected that all along, but I have not yet seen or heard evidence of that. Have you?
Look up "Ray Epps" for one.
https://revolver.news/2021/10/meet-ray-epps-the-fed-protected-provocateur-who-appears-to-have-led-the-very-first-1-6-attack-on-the-u-s-capitol/
There was a video out there, several early morning hours of Epps encouraging violence
Ray Epps urged the crowd to "enter the capitol", but as far as I know he did not get violent. I am not disagreeing with you, I'm just asking if there is any actual evidence that those breaking windows and such were found to be FBI assets? It would not surprise me a bit, but I have not seen anyone actually make that claim yet except you.
But phone logs apparently show him communicating with Pelosi's office. Might be conspiracy charges coming.
That's surprising. The circles I usually run in/visit all know it. I'd suggest looking it up though. I saw and read what I needed to 4 years ago, and I've no interest in digging it all up again. If you're interested, you'll find it.
Yes.
Check out stophate.com - they've got compelling evidence.
Will not happen.
All of you in the nations that locked down? That have leaders that threatened you with fines, being fired, institutionalised, put in camps for saying "No thanks" to an experimental injection?
Remember?
This is what they think of you. Really think of you:
"Eat shit, pleb. I have the power, so fuck you"
Perhaps. . . perhaps we should all - seriously - consider responding in kind?
I take Ursula got away with whatever Bourla kicked back her way?
Think so? I'm not german so I only know what I snap up online, or from Sweden's only free speech forum, Flashback.
So far, yes.
This is why I really don't care about gloating or savoring the humiliation and disgrace of Joe Biden's presidency. It's petty and unbecoming, I know, but this is all just so well-deserved. For nearly four years, I lived with the knowledge that a senile incompetent could make life truly miserable and untenable for millions of his citizens, including me and my family. Let's say Big Brother, after years of physical and psychological torture, lifted up the veil and said, "Let's have some grace and good wishes, 2 + 2 really is 4, I was just doing my job, and I'm sorry." Who in their right mind would oblige? I am responding to the Biden administration in kind: FUCK YOU ALL!
There are people somewhere surprised about this? Have they learned to tie shoelaces yet?
Jonathan Turley been saying for awhile now that the Bidens are the most corrupt political family in American history, and that man don't lie.
Most corrupt? Unlikely compared to the Clintons. And some of the Presidents in the 19th century were pretty bad.
The Bidens make the Clintons seem like hayseed amateurs.
Not when you consider the implications of Arkanicide.
That's about what, 100 people? The Bidens probably have the deaths of millions on their hands, all told.
Heck, a little murder here and there ain't much o' nuthin' in that world.
Agreed.
The Clinton's made a lot more money, at least 10 times that of the Biden Crime Family.
I don't know. Even the CLintons didn't make millions off the Iraq war, like Joe's brother did.
The Clintons made $145 million off a bribery scandal selling Uranium One to Rosatom (the Russian government).
Yes and they traffic kids through Clinton Foundation. But Joe & his brother have brokered massive wars that killed hundreds of thousands. Hard to compare 'em. And THEIR human trafficking efforts are even larger.
Law Professor Jonathan Turley, no conservative lawyer, excoriates Biden for this pardon. See https://x.com/JonathanTurley/
"The Hill posted my column on the implications of the Biden pardon and how it might not achieve as complete immunity from prosecution as President Joe Biden may have hoped for. What it does achieve is the final and total corruption of the Biden presidency."
"...It is also the final corruption of the media with many responding with the usual uncomfortable shrug despite the litany of lies. It is a measure of what you can call Biden ethics. In the curious world of Joe Biden, a lie that no one believes is treated the same as the truth."
"...President Biden has become the very embodiment of our post-truth politics where identity rather than veracity drives meaning. Many accept that he may be a liar on a presidential scale, but he is our liar. That is enough..."
"...However, this pardon does not merely benefit Hunter but benefits Joe Biden. He pardoned for any crimes from the most mundane to murder, including any crimes associated with the multi-million-dollar influence-peddling operation."
"With his pardoning of his son, President Biden has set a standard that is not merely a new low but positively subterraneous for future presidents..."
I really like Jonathan Turley. Don't always agree, mostly I do, but even when I disagree I think he's honest about his position.
Ah but this pardon only applies to federal charges, we have 50 states......
I like the way you think. 🤣
RIP "Nobody is above the law"
The death of this line is worth it, it wasn't like Hunter was ever going to prison anyway.
“He said he made the decision because the charges against Hunter were politically motivated and designed to hurt him politically.“
LOL. You mean like all the Lawfare waged against Trump and calling parents who show up at school board meetings to object to the alphabet mafia queering kindergartners “Domestic Terrorists” and locking up octogenarian grannies for protesting in front of the local Klanned UnParenthood for 12 yrs?
That kind of politically driven charge? Because I’m pretty sure clearing him of a Mars Hill Diety-like smorgasbord of criminal activity isn’t like any other pardon in history.
How was your family Thanksgiving?
Here's how White Trash Joe Biden's went:
Hunter: Hey Dad, about that pardon...
Joe: Not gonna happen son, I gave my word.
Hunter: OK, so... I'm writing this tell-all book about China, Ukraine, and everything else...
Joe: I was joking: You'll have it by Monday - like my word has ever been worth anything right kiddo?
Hunter: … gonna call it “The Big Guy” and have your photo on the cover… what’s that? A full and complete pardon?
Joe: Yep! Now, pass the mashed cranberry gravy and gimme an Easter egg! We
Don’t wanna miss the fireworks later!
They forget that only the two most innocuous crimes out of everything on the laptop were chosen to be prosecuted. That in itself was the politically motivated part.
"Pedo Pete"
These people are utterly monstrous. As, by the way, are the legions of smiling libtards who tell me the notion that the economy is doing poorly is a Republican conspiracy theory.
My son’s macroeconomic teacher in college said something similar. He told the class that everyone was just “making it up” and just “thinking” our economy and inflation was bad… 🤨🤨🤨💩💩💩🔥🔥🔥
I hope you're not paying for that garbage.
When my son told me this, I asked him what he thought??! My son told me he knew who his teacher was voting for. 🙄
What’s scary is that some of these kids will probably believe everything that messed up professor says… 😡
Some of them? It's an epidemic. They are being indoctrinated. That's what you get for the price of an education. A woke angry nut graduate who probably won't do all that well in the working world.
Pell grants and a scholarship…
And yes, it is garbage but he needs a degree… 🤨🤨🤨💩
For what? Is he going to be a physician or an engineer? Or just do social work?
It’s quite the grift…🔥🔥🔥😡 Unless you want to work at Walmart you’re probably going to need some kind of degree program behind your name… unless you know someone to get you into a good job…
Personally I’m all for blue collar 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
My husband does this. He is a monster
Poison him
He's not worth going to jail for.
Always someone else's fault
Why is he still your husband?
Because I am a kinder person than he is
Just keep praying for him
lol
Have a really public and humiliating (for him) affair.
He ain't worth that
Yeah that IS a lot of trouble
oooh I am so sorry.
😢🙏🏽
Surprise, surprise!
Fucking crumb of a being.
Pretty sure we’ll be hearing from Hunter in the near future.
Note that the Hunter pardon was backdated to 2014, when Hunter joined the board of Burisma in Ukraine.
Can some lawyer explain the validity of backdating a pardon to include acts which might have been felonies in 2014, but for which charges have not yet been filed? I thought pardons were limited to situations in which charges had been filed.
They don't even try to hide things anymore.
Lee Fang wrote a fantastic piece about the implications of these dates.
We sink deeper into the abyss like quicksand. This is just the beginning.
100%
Oh dear, what a precedent this makes. If I were emperor Caligula I would pardon myself for killing my own brother.
Joe Biden – accelerationist.
That's my favorite part about him, though! Thanks for the help in burning it so to the ground, Joe!
Nothing like admitting there were crimes going on and for a dang long time!!!!