The decision, which was first reported by NBC News, is a reversal for the president, who repeatedly said he would not use his authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence.

Summary

President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, reversing his prior stance against using executive clemency.

The pardon covers Hunter’s federal gun conviction and tax evasion guilty plea, sparking political controversy.

Biden cited political attacks and a “miscarriage of justice” as reasons for his decision, emphasizing his son’s recovery from addiction and the targeting of his family.

Critics argue the move undermines the judicial process, while supporters view it as within Biden’s constitutional powers.

This decision shields Hunter from potential prison time as Biden nears the end of his presidency.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    9 days ago

    Yeah, but who cares?

    People with principles, I would suppose, might object to personal corruption with no gain for the general public.

    It was more than OK. He was a STRONG president for workers. For unions. We have less inflation than almost any other country on the planet after a global pandemic.

    He was the strongest pro-labor president of my lifetime.

    The issue is that’s a very low bar. I hold by my stance that he had okay policy. He wasn’t particularly radical. And that would be okay, except that in eschewing radicalism in order to cultivate a moderate image, everything he did is going to be piss-easy to reverse now that he lost the country to a literal fucking fascist.

    Excuse me. How is this Joe Biden’s fault and not the fault of Americans? It seems like you want to place the blame that belongs squarely on Americans on Joe Biden’s shoulders. Joe Biden isn’t some scapegoat, despite America trying to make him one. It’s not Joe Biden’s fault Americans are stupid and irresponsible.

    Man, Biden had internal polling reading a total electoral massacre back at the start of the year and chose to ignore it until his own party forced him out. Fuck him. Stalling until the last minute very well may have been the difference between victory and defeat, and now we’re sitting here wondering if we still will have elections in any meaningful sense in four fucking years.

    Fuck him.

    Fuck our fellow Americans in the electorate. They’re guilty, even moreso, arguably, for allowing fascism to win. But fuck Biden too.

    • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      People with principles

      Principles don’t win in America. And you can call it personal corruption while someone else calls it protecting their son from a proto-fascist leader that specifically targeted him and made it clear he’d go after his political opponents.

      he lost the country to a literal fucking fascist.

      No he didn’t. Americans did. Why does it all always have to be Biden’s fault? Is personal responsibility not a thing anymore? Something bad happens. Biden’s fault. Nah, Americans failed. Not Biden.

      Man, Biden had internal polling reading a total electoral massacre back at the start of the year and chose to ignore it until his own party forced him out. Fuck him.

      Lol. Go ahead and Google “US presidents who didn’t seek re-election”. There are none in the modern era. The fact he did it at all is impressive. Was it late in the game, yeah. The main complaint was that he was old. But so was the dipshit that just won, so that’s not a great argument against him. Personally, I don’t think it would have made a difference. Americans are stupid and don’t understand inflation or its causes. They vote with their wallet and got mad because prices are high and they’re too stupid to grasp that prices are high for the rest of the world too and we’re actually doing well compared to most other countries. Trump was probably going to win no matter what.