10 Times Biden or His WH Staff Denied Hunter Would Be Pardoned!!!

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President Joe Biden granted his son full immunity from prosecution after he and his White House staff insisted a pardon would not happen.

Biden on Sunday pardoned his son, Hunter, 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 members.

Republicans called the president a "liar" for pardoning his son, who was convicted on gun charges and pleaded guilty to tax fraud this summer, Politico reported.

The Hill provided a list of times Joe Biden and his aides decisively answered "no" after being asked whether a pardon for Hunter was being considered:

  • Nov. 7, 2024: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated there were no plans to pardon Hunter. "We've been asked that question multiple times," she said. "Our answer stands, which is no." Asked whether a commutation were possible, she said, "That's not what we're going to do."
  • Sept. 5, 2024: When Hunter Biden changed his plea to guilty in a federal case after being accused of withholding $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019, Jean-Pierre was asked about a pardon for the first son. "It's no. It's still no," she said.
  • July 26, 2024: Jean-Pierre insisted several times that the president would not pardon his son. "It's still, it's still a no. It's still a no," she said. After a reporter followed up, Jean-Pierre said: "It's still a no. It will be a no. It is a no. And I don't have anything else to add. Will he pardon his son? No."
  • June 13, 2024: During a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Joe Biden said: "I'm not going to do anything. I said I'd abide by the jury decision, and I will do that. And I will not pardon him."
  • June 12, 2024: After Hunter Biden's conviction on three gun charges, Jean-Pierre said: "I don't have anything beyond what the President said. He's been very clear about this."
  • June 11, 2024: The president said he would accept the outcome of his son's conviction. "I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal," the president said.
  • June 6, 2024: During an interview with ABC News while in Normandy, Joe Biden was asked whether he had ruled out a pardon for his son. "Yes," the president said.
  • Dec. 8, 2023: In the wake of tax charges brought against Hunter Biden in California Jean-Pierre said the president has not changed his mind about a pardon. "Nothing has changed. That is still the case," she said.
  • Sept. 15, 2023: After prosecutors in Delaware brought three gun-related charges against Hunter Biden, Jean-Pierre said a pardon would not occur. "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," she said.
  • July 27, 2023: Jean-Pierre answered "no" after being asked whether there was any possibility that the president would end up pardoning his son.

 
President Joe Biden made up for the collapse of a "sweetheart" plea deal by granting his son "sweeping immunity" from prosecution, respected legal scholar Jonathan Turley said.

Turley commented Sunday night, shortly after Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, 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 members.

"Joe Biden: 'I hope Americans will understand why a father and a president would come to this decision.' Americans may have a more difficult time understanding how a president could repeatedly and adamantly deny that he would issue this pardon when he was running for reelection," Turley wrote on X.

"...It is also notably that, after insisting that these cases were politically motivated, Biden also pardoned for ANY crimes that may have been committed' from Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2024..."

Turley then reminded followers that a plea deal between Hunter Biden and the Department of Justice only fell apart in 2023 after Delaware U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika questioned the proposed agreement.

"...That is precisely the type of sweeping immunity grant that the federal judge balked at in the hearing when the earlier sweetheart deal feel apart. The judge asked the prosecutor if he had ever seen such a deal and he admitted that he had not...," Turley, the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, wrote on X.

"...Hunter Biden is hardly the poster child for a victim of over-enforcement of federal laws. He was given a free pass on allegations that he was an unregistered agent and was the personification of influence peddling in Washington...

"...His call to a Chinese businessman hardly speaks to being an innocent hounded by over-zealous prosecutors: 'I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.'"



 
Joe Biden pardoned his son, who would not do that if given the chance?

Right or wrong, if given the chance he took it. I think any father would have done the same thing,
 

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