Joe Biden Pardons his son

[PrairieFella]

No surprise Biden pardoned Hunter. That was expected. What I think will be interesting if there are any other pardons (pardoned in advance of investigative action) that come before Biden steps down... I'm thinking the slew of bureaucrats that might be worried about the Patel FBI appointment. This should be interesting. March in the guilty bastards!

And for what it's worth, America voted for the wrecking ball so Trump will give them the wrecking ball. Is the corrupt progressive left about to enter the "find out" phase of FAFO?

If you think the corruption of the USA is limited to or at least worst on the Left side of their spectrum, I have a bridge to sell you. You haven't seen US corruption yet, wait until January.

 

[brihard]

No surprise Biden pardoned Hunter. That was expected. What I think will be interesting if there are any other pardons (pardoned in advance of investigative action) that come before Biden steps down... I'm thinking the slew of bureaucrats that might be worried about the Patel FBI appointment. This should be interesting. March in the guilty bastards!

And for what it's worth, America voted for the wrecking ball so Trump will give them the wrecking ball. Is the corrupt progressive left about to enter the "find out" phase of FAFO?

He should absolutely preemptively pardon those various officials who have been named as targets for vindictive investigation and prosecution. Jack Smith, Fauci, Justice and health sector employees who have served in good faith and who have likely attracted the ire of Trump himself or incoming senior administration figures. If a bunch of the guardrails are coming off January 20th, Biden can absolutely justify using his lingering executive authority to put protections in place if there isn’t existing knowledge of actual criminality. Specific intent has been communicated by various people who will be in positions of power or influence, so it’s not a hypothetical.

 

[MrWhyt]

I'm thinking the slew of bureaucrats that might be worried about the Patel FBI appointment. This should be interesting. March in the guilty bastards!

Which bastards are guilty of what? I'm guessing this kind of "arrest my enemies and then figure out the charges" 3rd world dictatorship type of thinking is what Biden is defending against.

 

[Brad Sallows]

He should absolutely preemptively pardon those various officials who have been named as targets for vindictive investigation and prosecution. Jack Smith, Fauci, Justice and health sector employees who have served in good faith and who have likely attracted the ire of Trump himself or incoming senior administration figures. If a bunch of the guardrails are coming off January 20th, Biden can absolutely justify using his lingering executive authority to put protections in place if there isn’t existing knowledge of actual criminality. Specific intent has been communicated by various people who will be in positions of power or influence, so it’s not a hypothetical.

If "get Trump" was OK, "get X" is OK. That shit doesn't go back in the horse. This is the point where the "if they have done nothing wrong, they have nothing to fear" crowd wants to eat their words now that they might be under the scope. Or is it the case that even an honest man has to fear, because he might have done something wrong without knowing or intending it or it could be played up to look that way, so maybe it would have been and would be better never to dig deep and wide on thin pretexts when political biases are in full view?

This would be another opportunity for Democrats to destroy another of the "norms" they keep pounding on. If Biden issues blanket pardons for administration officials, it will establish a new practice for future administrations.

Biden just blew a hole through the "party of rule of law" story Democrats tried to sell, and many Democratic political observers in the US already understand that. The rationalizations are amusing to behold.

 

[QV]

Which bastards are guilty of what? I'm guessing this kind of "arrest my enemies and then figure out the charges" 3rd world dictatorship type of thinking is what Biden is defending against.

I'm looking forward to the lineup of people looking for pre-emptive pardons.

 

[MrWhyt]

I'm looking forward to the lineup of people looking for pre-emptive pardons.

Like when alleged sex trafficker Gaetz tried to get one near the end of trumps first term.

 

[Remius]

I'm looking forward to the lineup of people looking for pre-emptive pardons.

I’m looking forward to seeing if Trump will pardon Joe Exotic. He’s one of the many waiting for Trump to take office.

 

[Brad Sallows]

"The president has discussed pardoning his son with some of his closest aides at least since Hunter Biden’s conviction in June, said two people with direct knowledge of the discussions about the matter. They said it was decided at the time that he would publicly say he would not pardon his son even though doing so remained on the table."

Election politics and lies for political advantage all the way down.