The pardon comes weeks before President Biden leaves office and transfers power to President-elect Donald J. Trump, who spent years attacking Hunter Biden over his legal and personal issues.

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?

  • Mouselemming
    692·
    11 hours ago

    You mean like Ivanka’s father-in-law who Trump pardoned and named ambassador to France?

    • Omega@lemmy.world
      382·
      10 hours ago

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

    • Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.eeEnglish
      234·
      11 hours ago

      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
        232·
        10 hours ago

        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
          514·
          9 hours ago

          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.

          • Kecessa
            101·
            6 hours ago

            So regular folks don’t get prosecuted for lying when purchasing a firearm?

            • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
              34·
              6 hours ago

              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
        21·
        8 hours ago

        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