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What Hunter Biden’s Pardon Means For President-Elect Donald Trump.
It has lasting implications that extend far beyond Joe Biden and his family.
As we’ve all likely heard by now, President Biden has made the decision to pardon his son Hunter of all charges he had been facing. As he prepares to leave office, there’s no denying that the President has sent a very loud, resounding message in his decision to do this for his son. He’s sent a very loud and clear message to the Democratic Party that he’s willing to give them the middle finger, and he’s willing to wrong them in the way he feels he was wronged. I think he’s still very much feeling the sting of their decision to oust him, and he simply doesn’t have it in him any longer to care.
But, aside from the middle finger to the Democratic Party, let’s talk about the reasons why it’s so problematic.
Kyle Cheney and Betsy Woodruff Swan with Politico write:
“In his sweeping pardon of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden did not just protect his son. He also handed President-elect Donald Trump a template to shield his own allies and stretch the pardon power even further.
Legal experts say Trump now has fresh precedent — and political cover — to issue expansive pardons absolving his allies not only of…
