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Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to (apnews.com)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family.

The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California. The move comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges, and less than two months before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.

Biden, who time and again pledged to Americans that he would restore norms and respect for the rule of law after Trump’s first term in office, ultimately used his position to help his son, breaking his public pledge to Americans that he would do no such thing.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What you're exercising here is called whataboutism, and it's a really shitty thing to do.

[–] lepinkainen 11 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

So is sexual assault, and the next president has done that too

[–] surph_ninja 2 points 51 minutes ago

And the current president molested his own daughter. She wrote in her diary that she had to wait til he went to sleep to shower, or he’d get in with her.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Ok, and? How does that have any bearing on what Biden did?

The author of the crime bill, responsible for the massive incarceration and enslavement of poor people in the US who spoke to congress about not giving a single shit about the circumstances of people who committed crimes, lock em up first ask questions later, just pardoned his son before sentencing because he's a poor widdle misunderstood boi who didn't know any better and his circumstances were so tough, what with having a senator dad with a lot of money.

Fucking blue MAGA I stg