In Pardoning His Son Hunter, President Biden Sent a Message.
Let’s talk about that latest move.
Obviously with a new Presidential administration looming and beginning to take shape, as is the case following each election the President currently in office is making some moves of his own. President Joe Biden, in a move he said he would not do, has decided to pardon his son Hunter. It comes just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take over, and needless to say it has drawn some strong responses.
Michael D. Shear and Zolan Kanno-Youngs with The New York Times write:
“President Biden issued a full and unconditional pardon of his son Hunter on Sunday night after repeatedly insisting he would not do so, using the power of his office to wave aside years of legal troubles, including a federal conviction for illegally buying a gun and for tax evasion.
In a statement issued by the White House, Mr. Biden said he had decided to issue the executive grant of clemency for his son “for those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024.”
He said he made the decision because the charges against Hunter were politically motivated and designed to hurt him politically…”
