Republicans fume after Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden
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President-elect Donald Trump's communications director responded to Biden's decision without directly naming the president or his son.

Summary

President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, prompting strong backlash from Republicans.

GOP lawmakers criticized the move as an abuse of power and an attempt to avoid accountability, with figures like Rep. James Comer and Sen. Chuck Grassley calling it hypocritical and corrupt.

Biden defended the pardon, citing “selective prosecution” and claiming Hunter was unfairly targeted due to their family connection.

Hunter faced convictions for federal gun and tax charges.

  • 4grams@lemmy.world
    35·
    19 days ago

    Who fucking cares. trump did far worse and kushner walked away with a couple billion and not one person in the government or media batted an eyelash. We’re in a post factual society.

    • fnord@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      19 days ago

      Exactly. Honestly all the self-flagellation, finger wagging and purity tests over this are exactly why the Democrats have lost and the Republicans took power over the entire government.

      Trump gave his son-in-law’s daddy a pardon for crimes that included trying to blackmail a witness against him in a criminal case by hiring a prostitute and recording their sex.

      Trump pardoned the murderers responsible for a massacre in Iraq.

      Trump pardoned Manafort and Stone and others who committed crimes to get Trump into office.

      The majority of Trump’s pardons were people who are personally or politically connected to him. I guarantee we’ll see far worse in Trump’s next term no matter what Biden does.

      So yeah Biden can and should pardon whoever the fuck he wants, especially to those people Trump has threatened retaliation.

    • Tyrangle@lemmy.world
      34·
      19 days ago

      So two wrongs make a right I guess? Why shouldn’t we be holding all these people accountable?

      • 4grams@lemmy.world
        7·
        19 days ago

        In this specific case, because the hunter biden thing was political bullshit from the start. secondly though, the wrongs in question are nowhere near close to each other. third, hunters “crimes” were the typical presidential failson exploits I frankly don’t care that he excuses, perk of the job as far as I’m concerned. Getting your loser kid off the hook for drug and gun charges you know, not a coverup of the murder of a journalist for the bargain price of 2 billion dollars.