The decision, which was first reported by NBC News, is a reversal for the president, who repeatedly said he would not use his authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence.

Summary

President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, reversing his prior stance against using executive clemency.

The pardon covers Hunter’s federal gun conviction and tax evasion guilty plea, sparking political controversy.

Biden cited political attacks and a “miscarriage of justice” as reasons for his decision, emphasizing his son’s recovery from addiction and the targeting of his family.

Critics argue the move undermines the judicial process, while supporters view it as within Biden’s constitutional powers.

This decision shields Hunter from potential prison time as Biden nears the end of his presidency.

  • kava@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    why the whataboutism? why the compulsive need to downplay the severity of this?

    yes, trump is a criminal too. and he has pardoned criminals and will likely pardon more criminals.

    • btaf45@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      why the compulsive need to downplay the severity of this?

      Why was the severity of Treason Trump’s pardon of the much more serious crimes of Blogorovich downplayed?

      Why do YOU care more about this pardon than you cared about the much worse pardon of Blogorovich?

      Maybe in order to know the answer of your question you need to know the answer to my question. The reason why others are less outraged than you is they see that your outrage is selective.

      YOUR lack of outrage about the the way more serious Bogorovich pardon is way worse than my lack of outrage about this.

      • kava@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 hours ago

        the topic of this thread is Biden pardoning his son, who was guilty of serious financial crimes.

        you’re the one being selective in your outrage, not me. i disapprove of all these guys.

        the thing with Biden though, is that the DNC frames themselves as the good guys. You know, Trump is a corrupt criminal, bla bla bla.

        So when Trump does, it isn’t really a surprise. It’s what you come to expect from someone like him. I’m not approving of Trump’s pardons because I’m mentioning Biden’s

        The issue is that Biden promised various times that he would not pardon his son. But now that he has nothing left to lose (his career is over, and probably the country is doomed to fascism anyways) so fuck it. Integrity is for schmucks anyway, right? i guess the moral of the story is make sure you have a powerful dad

        personally I’m not even outraged about it. I’m glad he did it so that it’s more clear to everyday Americans that they’re all a bunch of crooks