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Joe Biden pardons son Hunter in final weeks in office (www.abc.net.au)

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In short:

Outgoing US President Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter Biden, saying "raw politics … led to a miscarriage of justice".

Hunter Biden was convicted of gun charges and tax evasion and was facing sentencing hearings scheduled for mid-December.

Joe Biden said he made the decision over the weekend while spending the Thanksgiving holiday with his family.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

If Trump hadn’t won the election, I would disapprove of this action.

If this was using presidential dictatorship to pardon someone actually meaningful or forcing through progressive legislation, I would say it's fine, but this is just run-of-the-mill corruption as far as I can tell (but I don't follow this celebrity drama closely so maybe there's more to it).

The only silver lining I see is that it proves Biden is willing to use their presidential powers, and we get to see their true colours once more in how they choose to and choose not to use them. If they don't use this powers to try and stop Republican terror, then we know they're complicit.