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The dramatic development came shortly before jury selection was expected to begin in what would have been Biden’s second trial this year.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but it seems, from the outside, making and open plea, without an agreement, our boy Hunter is taking one for the team, in drawing a line under accepting responsibility for his criminal actions, while Orange Hitler does everything in his power to avoid fault in any of his multitude of crimes.

Also, I'd love to see Joe say, fuck it, and pull a West Wing Bartlett, and pardon him in the last minute of his last day in office. I would pay very good money for this.

[–] givesomefucks 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Also, I’d love to see Joe say, fuck it, and pull a West Wing Bartlett, and pardon him in the last minute of his last day in office. I would pay very good money for this.

Exactly something trump supporters would say...

If Biden feels the laws are unfair now that his son is effected, maybe he should have taken drug decriminalization seriously

[–] dhork 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Biden can do it, but present it differently. He could say that "Yes, this is an abuse of power, but I have every right to do this under the Constitution, and nobody can do anything about it. If you don't like it, pass an amendment to limit presidential powers. No one should be above the law."

[–] givesomefucks 0 points 1 month ago

He could say that “Yes, this is an abuse of power, but I have every right to do this under the Constitution, and nobody can do anything about it. If you don’t like it, pass an amendment to limit presidential powers. No one should be above the law.”

Yet Biden made campaign promises and then "looked into" if they could be done till well after we lost the seats to do anything.

He wouldn't act to help tens of millions of Americans, but his crack addict son playing with firearms is a good enough reason?

I just don't see any actual logic in what you're saying.

If he wanted to prove that point, there was a shit ton of opportunities over the last four years that would have gone a long way in making sure trump won't win this election

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