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Subject: Re: [OT] Biden pardons Hunter despite promise
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 22:27:52 -0500
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On 12/2/2024 8:25 PM, suzeeq wrote:
> On 12/2/2024 2:39 PM, shawn wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 20:33:08 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Dec 2, 2024 at 12:12:16 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/2/2024 2:47 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>   On Dec 1, 2024 at 9:34:52 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" 
>>>>> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>>>>   shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>   Sun, 1 Dec 2024 23:23:03 -0500, Rhino 
>>>>>>> <no_offline_contact@example.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter despite promising 
>>>>>>>> repeatedly to
>>>>>>>>   respect the rule of law.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Pardoning  his son is part of what the rule of law allows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   That's an absurd position to take. The pardon power is a power 
>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>   president and is NOT dependent on rule of law. The president is
>>>>>>   literally second-guessing criminal law. He stated that the 
>>>>>> prosecution
>>>>>>   was political. No, it fucking was not.
>>>>>   I don't have much heartburn over Biden pardoning his own kid. 
>>>>> Given the
>>>>> abuse
>>>>>   past presidents (and governors) have heaped on the pardon power, 
>>>>> this is
>>>>>   pretty small potatoes.
>>>>>   What rubs me the wrong way is the months of fake denial and the 
>>>>> feigned
>>>>>   offense when asked about whether Biden would pardon Hunter that 
>>>>> the whole
>>>>>   administration-- from Biden to his spokeshole Jean-Pierre-- every 
>>>>> time the
>>>>>   subject came up.
>>>>>   Jean-Pierre in particular was insufferable. Every time a reporter 
>>>>> asked her
>>>>>   about it, she didn't just deny Biden would pardon Hunter, she was 
>>>>> rude,
>>>>>   condescending, and acted like the reporter was being unethical 
>>>>> and insulting
>>>>>   for just asking the question. And now it turns out the reporters 
>>>>> were right
>>>>>   all along. I certainly hope there's at least one more press 
>>>>> conference in
>>>>> the
>>>>>   waning days of this administration and someone throws that all 
>>>>> back up in
>>>>> her
>>>>>   smug face and see what her response is.
>>>>
>>>> Biden *said* he wouldn't pardon Hunter.  Repeated questioning of her
>>>> about it was tantamount to asking her if she thought her boss was 
>>>> lying.
>>>
>>> And since it turns out he *was* lying, the reporters were right to 
>>> ask about
>>> it.
>>
>> Or not. None of us know what Biden was thinking over the past few
>> years. He may have truly thought he should let the process play out
>> and reconsidered as his time as President was coming to an end.
>> Certainly it didn't appear that Hunter's time in the firing line was
>> coming to an end any time soon.
> 
> And maybe he thought Hunter's life might be in danger in prison.

Regardless, I don't know how you hand your kid a life behind bars.