On the menu today: This isn’t just about Hunter; this is about Joe. A review of White House transcripts reveals ten times that either President Biden or White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre emphatically assured the public that there was absolutely no chance that the president would use his authority to pardon his son Hunter for his various crimes — six felonies combined, six misdemeanors. This was predictable, and predicted, because no matter how many times Joe Biden looked you in the eye or television camera and gave you his “word as a Biden,” the overwhelming majority of us knew it was — to use one of the president’s terms — “malarkey.” To be a Biden is to be above the law, and that’s been clear for a long time.
You know whose life got a lot easier late last night after news of the Hunter Biden pardon broke? Trump’s choice to be the next FBI director, Kash Patel. Because Senate Democrats are going to argue that the country can’t have partisan politics and personal loyalties and connections to the president mucking around in the justice system. And Senate Republicans are just going to laugh.
Hey, look at the bright side, you probably didn’t stick your neck out arguing, “People who insist Biden will pardon Hunter after specifically ruling it out are telling on themselves. . . . They can’t imagine someone acting on principle and keeping his word.”
A Predictable Pardon
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, July 27, 2023:
Q: Thank you. If I can go back to the first question of the briefing. I know you said not a lot has changed since yesterday and that it’s a personal matter, but from presidential perspective, is there any possibility that the President would end up pardoning his son?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No.
Q: Well, is there (inaudible)?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I just said no. I just answered. [Emphasis added.]
Karine Jean-Pierre, September 15, 2023:
Q: And just a brief second one. Would the President pardon or commute his son if he’s convicted?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, I’ve answered this question before. It was asked of me not too long ago, a couple of weeks ago. And I was very clear, and I said no. [Emphasis added.]
Karine Jean-Pierre, December 8, 2023:
Q: One more on this. Only because you’ve said it before, I just want to re-up in — in light of these new charges. You’ve said before that the President would not pardon his son. Is that still the case?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Nothing has changed. That is still the case. [Emphasis added.]
President Biden, in an interview with ABC News’s David Muir, June 6, 2024:
Muir: As we sit here in Normandy, your son Hunter is on trial. And I know that you cannot speak about an ongoing federal prosecution, but let me ask you, will you accept the jury’s outcome, their verdict, no matter what it is?
Biden: Yes.
David: And have you ruled out a pardon for your son?
Biden: Yes. [Emphasis added.]
A written statement from the president, June 11, 2024:
As I also said last week, I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal. [Emphasis added.]
Karine Jean-Pierre, June 12, 2024:
Q: So, you’re not ruling out that he would commute the sentence?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Look, what I’m saying is that the President — the Pre- — I have not spoken to the President about this. And what I’m saying is he was asked about a pardon. He was asked about — he was asked about the trial specifically. And he answered it very clearly, very forthright. As we know, the sentencing hasn’t even been scheduled yet. I don’t have anything beyond what the President said. He’s been very clear about this. [Emphasis added.]
President Biden, during a press conference in Fasano, Italy, June 13, 2024:
With regard to the question regarding the family, I’m extremely proud of my son Hunter. He has overcome an addiction. He is — he’s one of the brightest, most decent men I know. And I am satisfied that — I’m not going to do anything. I sa- — I said I’d abide by the jury decision, and I will do that. And I will not pardon him. [Emphasis added.]
Karine Jean-Pierre, August 14, 2024:
Q: You’ve said from the podium that President Biden would not pardon his son. If Vice President Harris is elected, would he tell her also to not pardon his son?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I — I mean, that’s a hypothetical that I — look, the president — I can speak for the president, and he said he would not pardon his son. And I’m just going to leave it there. [Emphasis added.]
Karine Jean-Pierre, September 5:
Q: Good. How are you? On Hunter Biden changing his plea, does the White House have a comment at all? And does that change the president’s calculus on pardoning his son?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, on your first question, I — I’m not able to com- — to comment at this time. On your second question — which was, I guess, part of one question — it’s no. It’s still no. [Emphasis added.]
Karine Jean-Pierre, November 7:
Q: Secondly, his son, Hunter, is also up for being sentenced next month. Does the president have any intention of pardoning him?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: We’ve been asked that question multiple times. Our answer stands, which is no. [Emphasis added.]
That adds up to ten times that either President Biden or his primary spokeswoman stood before the country and assured Americans that he would not use his pardon power to effectively wash away Hunter Biden’s convictions on tax evasion and gun charges.
And then last night . . . “Eh, never mind.”
In June, a jury convicted Hunter Biden of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user, and illegally having the gun for eleven days. Then in September, Hunter Biden pled guilty to three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax offenses, including, “willfully failing to pay his 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 taxes on time, despite having access to funds to pay some or all of these taxes,” and “filing false business deductions in order to reduce the very substantial tax liability he faced as of February 2020.” Those deductions were money spent on “exotic dancers” and “escorts.”
(Jill Biden, October 27, 2020: “Decency is on the ballot.”)
One more example for the “it turns out” election: As it turns out, Joe Biden was perfectly willing to use his presidential power to pardon criminals to protect his son all along.
The president even had the audacity to claim, “I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.”
If you’re issued a full pardon, you are indeed interfering with the justice system’s decision-making. Sure, you allowed the Justice Department to proceed, but what did it matter? You had that full pardon in your back pocket the whole time.
Of course, President Biden just issued a written statement last night; he didn’t answer any questions about this decision. He then flew to Luanda, Angola.
Roughly one year ago, I wrote, “There are a lot of men who go into strip clubs. There are significantly fewer who get the stripper pregnant. There are a lot of men who get a woman pregnant unintentionally. There are fewer who get into long, messy battles about paying child support for the child of that unexpected pregnancy, and exceptionally few who are legally permitted to pay child support in the form of paintings. There are many men who have lost a beloved brother. There are very few who promptly started an extramarital affair with their late brother’s widow.”
Remember, President Biden described his son as “one of the brightest, most decent men I know.”
In the summer of 2023, when Hunter’s daughter Navy was four, we were told that President Biden finally recognized that he had seven grandchildren, not six. The following December, the Biden family abandoned its tradition of hanging stockings by a fireplace in the White House for all the president’s grandchildren.
It is as if, in every conceivable circumstance, year by year, Hunter Biden chose the single-most destructive option available. If almost anyone else on Earth made decisions like these, they would end up in the direst of circumstances, probably either behind bars or dead. But Hunter Biden has managed to escape the worst consequences, over and over and over again, because he’s been the son of a powerful senator, then the vice president, then a likely presidential candidate, and then the president.
Last night, Nate Silver fumed, “Why do you think Trump(ism) gains a following? Well, actually, that’s complicated. But part of it is because elites of all political stripes are absolutely out for themselves and complete moral hypocrites. And Democrats stake a claim to moral superiority when Trump does not.”
ADDENDUM: In case you missed it over the weekend, despite the denials from campaign-finance managers, the Harris campaign may have finished with $20 million in debt at the end of the race after all — despite raising roughly $2.15 billion once you throw in the money raised by the Biden campaign beforehand.
Hey, maybe, just maybe, the Democratic Party isn’t led by good, honest, honorable, and ethical people.
Reprinted with permission from The National Review by Jim Geraghty.
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Let us bear in mind that when papa Biden said that Hunter was one of the most decent men he ever knew,etc.He was going by the Biden family standards.
The title of the article says it all. I fully expect Biden will also issue a pardon for the rest of his family before he leaves office in January. Expect the same sweeping scope and time frame as Hunter’s free get out of jail card. All to insulate the family and himself from any potential accountability for his actions over his long and slimy political career. Then we’ll be barraged here by another onslaught of articles from the same authors saying how this makes the United States look exactly like the third-world banana republic the Democrats have spent decades turning us into.
Thankfully, we have a chance to begin cleaning up the cesspool that the federal government has morphed into. It will take at least a decade or more to flush out the other slime that occupy the so-called swamp of D.C. but if we are successful, future generations of Americans may be able to experience what this country used to be before “progressivism” (socialism as it is more accurately referred to in the rest of the world) became entrenched in our country’s political structure.
Hunter will mess up again and he won’t have the big guy to bail him out. All the Bidens are corrupt and should be in prison.
They didn’t get away with anything; ultimately, they will stand before God and give an account for their deeds. Every single one of them; unless, of course, they surrender their lives to Jesus Christ. He is that merciful and patient, “not willing that any should perish,” without repentance (2 Peter 3:9).
Now, let’s see if the Biden crime syndicate family move to a nonextradition country to avoid further discoveries of further crimes committed and can’t be prosecuted by the law.
My memory of Presidential pardons is for those already convicted and are in or have done prison time. This seems to be a new set of parameters for a Presidential pardon.
What Biden did doesn’t surprise me. He’s been two-faced for too many things for too many years, so why should we expect anything different, especially when it comes to his family?
So did–are– the other crime family–the Clintons.
There is nothing worse on planet Earth than an in your face liar. I hate liars they are the lowest form of humanity.
Once granted blanket immunity from 11 years ago, guess who can’t take the Fifth Amendment if forced to testify in matters regarding the Constitutional Law professor or his family?
Anyone with half a brain knew all along that Joe would pardon his son.
We can put all the proof in front of their face, written dialogue, photographs, eyewitnesses. The dems turn around and word it in such a way IT’S TRUMP’S FAULT. The dems take no responsibility for their actions, policies, mandates executive orders, supreme court judgements. If it is against them they do it their way. The border is secure, the border is closed. 20 million invaders came ancross this closed, secure border under his watch, amongst them criminals like murderers, rapist, gang members. They have raised havoc on many people from which they will never recover. But Don Biden ignores all of that. They don’t care. Biden would rather send money to the Ukraine because much of it is funneled back to him. The people suffering the after effects from Hurricane Helene and Milton can testify to that. Where is the outrage. It was at the ballot box. The dems don’t understand and don’t be surprised Biden makes at the end of his presidency, a great disaster. He wants to have a legacy people will talk about for years. The man is dangerous and the deep state have the right puppet to destroy America by following Obama’s agenda of total power forever by the dems I mean uh communists.
They are not really worth the time to write this………..simply, the whole family is lower than whale chit!
As a Veteran, who swore an oath to protect the US Constitution of the United States of America, I hereby volunteer to serve on Traitor Joe Biden’s Firing Squad!
Who else should we include to stand before the Firing Squad?
I hope they find a way to serve justice to all of them for what they did. The big justice is coming when they stand in front of the LORD and have to explain their action’s!
So happy I am not a member of the Biden family Clan 15 generations prior or even near, an associate, a neighbor, a party member, or a democrat.. I want no association with any of the above as they are of smeared DNA that may never become cleansed..
Hang them for treason.
It is now apparent that when Crime Boss Joe said he was not going to issue a Pardon for the crimes committed by Hunter, that the lie was predicated on the White House being secured by the person who never really ran for that Office. Since she was “Chosen” by those who we all know much too well, and was defeated, the Crime Boss felt he no longer needs to stand by his word, not that he ever did in his lifetime anyway.
The whole Dumbacrap party is corrupt and so is the RINO’S in the senate.
Let’s be honest about Pardons. We all know Trump is going to Pardon all those convicted of the J6 event as well.
I trust Walmart more than any politician whether democrat or republican.
Joe Biden should go to prison.
No, the Biden crime family did not get away with it all! They think they did. Once a SNAKE, always a SNAKE…this is Hunter Biden. Old Joe’s lifetime is getting shorter every day (just like all of ours), and once he is out of office and gone, Hunter is and will continue to be a drunk and drug addict. He will continue to be Trouble. BUT, he will no longer have Old Joe to bail his behind out, continue to pay his way. This family basically ruined Hunter’s life by not teaching him from little on responsibility & accountability. They’ve always covered for him, paid off his bills, blamed it on something else. But Hunter never took it upon himself to make good & change his bad direction in life. Old Joe & Jill are and were the enablers for Hunter. Old Joe & Jill, are you happy?? Kick him out, he needs to get a real job, change his crooked ways, grow up even though he’s 54 years old.
Good and bad people defines themselves in their actions and no one is better to judge them but themselves that is if they have a conscience. Then God at the end is our eternal Judge. .
Question is can he pardon himself pre-emptively? Can he pardon himself before he has been charged?
NOPE! He has only set himself and all the democrats up for prosecution and execution!
what justice here? vigilantes will have to deliver it.
Of course they got away with it because the Republicans don’t play hardball, to many pacifists! Democrats would have imprisoned everyone that was involved, related or breathed the same air as Trump!
I was not surprised in the least. This man has lied and spoke nonsense since he has been in politics. Why would he start to do the right thing now? This man has been a politician forever.
The Good Old Double Standard would kick into effect had Trump done the same thing – but it is OK by the Liberal Press, Hollywood, and low energy thinkers because a Radical Left Winger did it. Go figure, yes, we are losing our Democracy!
When will they PAY all the Bidens, NO exceptions
Sure he got away with it. He is a democrat, isn’t he? Not even an eyebrow raised from the press. I never thought that something like that could happen in this country We no longer breed good citizens. School with the gov. blessing took care of that
I do not blame Biden for pardoning his son for his or the family for the corruption of the Biden crime syndicate. I blame the American people who despite all the claims of corruption against the “Family” we didn’t demand an investigation instead we elected him Preisident while he hid in his basement. The Democrats have been corrupt since before Truman but we refused to see it. No, I blame the American people who continue to elect crooks, dead people, and even after they are convicted of crimes, into office. We the American people should be ashamed of ourselves for allowing it.
It’s always (D)ifferent for Democrats. Hillary with her private server and destroying hard drives and emails, her making up the Steele Russian collusion document, Hunters laptop, Biden’s quid pro quo deal firing the Ukrainian prosecutor investigating Burisma and Hunter, the list goes on and on. No wonder they got 71M votes, every Democrat wants to be above the law too.
We all know that Biden is a freaking LIAR. Hunter belongs in Gitmo and Joe along with him…probably Jill too for going along with it all.
You may think that they got away with it, but a fake presidency makes it so that EVERYTHING that has been done in the past 4 years is illegal, and it will all be turned back around on them. Watch for Biden to pardon himself next, but worry not!
Rats get the cheese after all.
Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter is an extraordinary attempt to circumvent normal legal processes, making it a prime target for aggressive legal challenges at multiple levels of the judicial system.
Did anybody think he WOULD NOT pardon his son? Is anybody in the world THAT stupid?
Biden and his spokesperson thing lied repeatedly? I am SHOCKED!!! Emphjasis added.
Surely no one believed Joe when he said he would not pardon his corrupt, criminal, scumbag son. Joe lied (along with all of the DC Democrats) the whole time he was in DC including as a senator and a president. His family has outdone the Clinton’s and the O’Bama’s in the amount of crime in the “first families”. I am looking forward to the day when these people are no longer in the news so I can forget they ever existed.
Did we really need to wait for Biden to pardon Hunter to KNOW where his allegiance lies per his oath of office? It’s not just his being President, it’s not keeping his word, spoken in public even. What an end to his already negative legacy.
I don’t trust many of the RINO Republican senators to support Patel, and I think history backs me up. Snakes!
If our GOP legal experts can’t prevent blanket amnesties, PLEASE GOD claw back the millions the Bidens and Fauci took from China, Ukraine, and other illicit scams. ALL conservatives knew this was going on but corporate media quashed any reporting until Twitter became X. Impunity should not be an option if we’re to discourage treasonous behavior and retain any faith in the US Government in the future.
Pardon or no pardon, this is not the end of the Biden pathetic no so tragic tragedy. We will hear more from and about their criminal inclinations before this is over. Much like the parable of the Scorpion and the Frog, it is, very simply, their nature.
Most of us knew this would happen, it had to. If Hunter winds up in jail, he will take his dad down with him. Joe knew that, and there was no way he could let that happen.
I once believed that there is a Santa Claus and “No One is Above the Law!” …Now I just believe there is a Santa!
This outcome was a forgone conclusion, knowing that Joe Biden has the morals of a junkyard dog. In fact the whole family is rotten to the core. Jill is just as bad. To pardon someone who was wrongfully convicted is one thing. But Hunter pleaded guilty to the tax charges. And why go back 10+ years? Oh, to make sure that Hunter gets excused for virtually everything he did wrong. This corruption has been going on for over 50 years since Joe entered politics. Absolutely one of the most corrupt politicians in our country’s history.
National shame when a President abuses his office to overturn convictions and to prevent investigations. Doubt the Presidential pardon was intended to shield the President and family.
You know the Old Saying.
What goes around! Comes around!
I beleive this will come to fruition!