President Biden’s hypocrisy on full display: Pardons his own son after making a point about ‘independent’ justice"

In a move that’s being hailed as a “full and unconditional” pardon, President Joe Biden has announced that he’s granting his son Hunter Biden a free pass for all federal charges related to his time between 2014-2024. Just 50 days before leaving office, Biden had previously declared that he wouldn’t be making the move, stating he’d abide by the jury’s decision. But now, it seems he was just playing a different tune.

TL;DR

President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who was facing up to 25 years in prison for lying on a federal form about his drug addiction. This comes after months of saying he wouldn’t make the move, and is being met with criticism from politicians and others who called him out on his earlier stance. A case of “my family is more important than I am” - how about keeping your promises for once?

  • Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.eeEnglish
    4513·
    vor 16 Stunden

    Should be illegal to pardon family members honestly. If there was ever an easy example of a conflict of interest, this is one.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      vor 4 Stunden

      I’d say make it illegal to pardon people who committed crimes to protect you (Ollie North, half Trump’s advisors) first.

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
      71·
      vor 7 Stunden

      So what? Maybe it should be but it isn’t. The Constitution places virtually no limitation on the Presidents ability to offer clemency and no one in the last 250 years or so has seen fit to amend the constitution to change that despite the fact that the Republicans have been abusing the power of the pardon since at least the Reagan years. Now you are complaining because a Democratic President has used it *appropriately *to pardon someone who was convicted in a politically motivated circus?

      • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
        1·
        vor 2 Stunden

        What’s your point? If you break the law, you should be treated like everybody else, not pardoned by the president. It’s a bullshit ability that should be taken away from the president.

      • Omega@lemmy.world
        412·
        vor 15 Stunden

        For Biden, it was the most difficult decision of his presidency. For Trump, it was Tuesday.

      • Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.eeEnglish
        244·
        vor 15 Stunden

        Yep, absolutely. Presidential powers should be used for the good of the country, not the good of your friends and family. There are many legitimate reasons to pardon people but them being related to you is not one of them.

        • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
          282·
          vor 15 Stunden

          A fair point but do you think Hunter would have been prosecuted to the same extent if he hadn’t been related to Joe Biden?

          However, it may work out better in the end for him that they went after him for ALL the crimes, because now he’s pardoned for all of them and can’t be tried for them again. We know Trump wants to go after Joe, but he’ll have to come from a different direction.

          • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
            517·
            vor 13 Stunden

            If he hadn’t been related to Joe Biden he wouldn’t have had the lifetime of cushy boardroom and lobbyist jobs to lead to being persecuted.

            • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              vor 4 Stunden

              You’re not going to solve nepotism by showing a picture of Hunter’s dong in Congress.

              • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
                35·
                vor 10 Stunden

                Oh no, the millionaire was prosecuted for breaking the law.

                Oh and don’t forget the unpaid taxes they were after him for as well.

                Why is everyone so mean to the millionaire presidents son, he has it rough.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
          41·
          vor 12 Stunden

          For the good of the country? This was literally always just a judgement call. “I think they deserve a pardon” is the only criteria there ever was. I’m sure there are examples you could claim were good for the country somehow, but I’m not sure how common that is