President Joe Biden decided to pardon his son Hunter, announcing it Sunday night, just days before Hunter Biden’s Dec. 12 sentencing. Hunter Biden was convicted on federal gun charges, possession of a firearm while being a convicted felon, and faces separate charges relating to tax evasion.
For years Biden has said he would not pardon his son, if he was convicted. But he has just a few weeks left in his term, and time is closing in on Hunter Biden. Joe Biden is the first president in history to pardon his own child. The pardon includes the entire period of the 2014 CIA-supported coup in Ukraine, a time when Hunter was appointed to the board of a Ukrainian gas company. The pardon means he will never be investigated for any criminal activity related to the Ukrainian corruption that was tied to Joe Biden himself, who has been accused of influence-peddling while vice president to Barack Obama.
President Biden’s statement about the blanket pardon was posted on the White House website under the vague heading “Statement from President Joe Biden:”
“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, 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. Without aggravating factors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchaser, people are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form. Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but paid them back subsequently with interest and penalties, are typically given non-criminal resolutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently.
“The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then, a carefully negotiated plea deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room – with a number of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process. Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter’s cases.
“No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son – and that is wrong. There has been an effort to break Hunter – who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution. In trying to break Hunter, they’ve tried to break me – and there’s no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough.
“For my entire career I have followed a simple principle: just tell the American people the truth. They’ll be fair-minded. Here’s the truth: I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice – and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision. “
Please don’t say you’re surprised
Exactly. I expected nothing else from Joseph Robinette Biden. He and his family have been all about grift and privilege from the very beginning. It will continue until 11:30 am ET, January 20, 2025.
Besides Hunter, now pardoned, there was also Devon Archer on the Burisma Board, who should be investigated and charged with the corruption of the Biden crime family syndicate.
Wait till the blanket pardons kick in. Nobody will be charged.
Just wait when Biden within the next 6 weeks pardons all the illegal aliens and grants them amnesty and full fledged citizenship.
Summarize; As MA writes, don’t say your surprised ;-(
Interesting idea but I would think that to be valid a pardon would need to be for an identified, named person. In this case the federal government has absolutely no idea about the names and identities of the over ten million illegals they have allowed into the country.
You may be correct, except, we still have Biden at the helm.
18 million
Hunter signed a form saying he wasn’t using drugs regarding purchasing a gun. Hunter frauded the government a little over a million dollars in tax owed and has paid it all back with interest. If his name wasn’t Biden, no one would care. No one else has been prosecuted for checking the “no drugs” box on a gun purchase application.
The former president pardoned his family members for crimes much worse than Hunter Biden. Millions in fraud. Hiring a stripper to seduce your brother and send the tape to the wife to suppress testimony in a federal trial (this person is now recommended to be the ambassador to France…). Where was your nepotism outrage then?
I read your comment with great amusement, Kara
It is very obvious that you are deliberately obtuse regarding of Joe Biden’s pledge for the past years to NOT pardon his son!
You argue that violations stemming from the federal firearms background check/ transaction record are inconsequential. So why bother?
People go to jail for tax evasion every year, approximately 63% of all convicted offenders do.
So for giggles I looked up the pardons Donald Trump granted throughout his presidency.
There is Scooter Libby, Dinesh D’Souza, Sheriff Arpaio, Susanne B. Anthony (illegal voting in 1873) along with Charles Kushner (Fraud and false statements (16 counts); retaliating against witness, victim; statements or entries generally) 2005 conviction, who is the ONLY family member I can find on that list.
It is interesting to me that you think it perfectly acceptable that Joe Biden pardons his son for ANYTHING that came to pass in the last 10 years, but you hyperventilate about a pardon for a person’s one time offense.
Do I believe the Mr. Kushner is the best choice for ambassador to France? No not really, but I do object to the blanket pardon for an entire decade Joe gave to his child, after declaring repeatedly he would not do so and that “no one is above the law”!
Never.
I can look past the IRS and gun charges.
What I can’t look past is him sleeping with his brothers wife while he was on crack binges, the minor girls in foreign countries he was corrupting, the Burisma Ukraine bribery deals, the crack and cocaine deals that are all on video.
What a scumbag.
Then you have Joe diddling his 12 year old daughter in the shower.
Pure scum.
Yes, indeed, it’s a far cry from Trump sleeping with a porn star while his wife is home with their new baby. The comparison isn’t even close.
The comparison or the topic is immaterial.
Here you bemoan grown adults having a relationship and while distasteful certainly not illegal. Yet you act as if anything like this has never before happened in all of mankind and the perpetrator has forfeit all.
Remember Bill Clinton shaking his finger at the camera saying: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman!” which turned out to be a lie. Clinton was impeached for lying under oath not for the affair. Back then remember what the press said? That the president’s personal relationships are nobody’s business and private….
However all of this is really an immaterial sideshow, what really matters are all the criminal issues Hunter and Joe are trying to avoid with this pardon. As an American you should be outraged at the shenanigans, instead of supporting this cover-up.
Hunter sleeping with minors on crack binges.
Joe Biden sexually abusing his daughter.
Trump sleeping with a porn star is worse?
What’s wrong with you, seriously?
Time for another Covid booster shot – think about the elderly and the children….
IMO DJT should let them all start crowing about their “exploits” and after that use the information to investigate anyway, then confiscate all illegally-gotten $$ and send it to the U.S. Treasury.
Good. Only a father would do this. Can’t blame him for that. Trump would have done the same thing.
Trump’s kids aren’t dope addicts, liars, criminals, cheaters, alcoholics, or derelicts.
Or accepting money from foreign governments to assure a connection to the POTUS. Expected, but still shameful. joe, seriously, who left the cocaine in the White House? Yep joe, the prosecution was politically tainted – just like the lawfare conducted against DJT. Is brandon really that demented that he thinks this whole thing is a political witchhunt and hunter is innocent? Or is he just so stupid he thinks America will believe him?
Sorry, just how much did the Middle Eastern inverters dump into Jared Kushner’s fund? Three Billion, that’s right!
CORRECTION
Sorry, just how much did the Middle Eastern investors dump into Jared Kushner’s fund? Three Billion, that’s right!
Do you have any proof that these investments are fraudulent?
Perfectly said!
Regardless, a father’s love for his kids is unbreakable.
Joe doesn’t love Hunter, he loved the other son Beau. Hunter was the bad egg that Joe scorned and just used as a front man for his illegal dealings. Drug abuse was Hunter’s escape mechanism for a miserable life as Joe’s 2nd son.
Yeah, Joe loved molesting his 12 year old daughter in the shower.
Her words, from her diary, not mine
So says all the kids in foster care, CPS, Joe Biden s daughter who is also a drug addict and has been in multiple treatment programs – where she hour also about the sexual abuse she suffered from your idol – Joe Dementia Biden.
Prove it
The fbi raided James O’Keefes residence to get said diary. Sounds like proof to me.
The country is in a heck of a mess, Forkner, that is well beyond the competence of the old party hacks to “fix.” With regard to Biden, rigor mortis is fast on the old fart’s heels, but as his pardon of Hunter has shown he still has a shart or two left in him for the good of his fellow Democrats.
Edit: “With regard to Biden, rigor mortis is fast on the old fart’s heels, but as his pardon of Hunter has shown, he still has a shart or two left in him for the good of his fellow Democrats.”
First off trumps kids don’t act like this. Like father like son the saying goes.
That’s debatable. You forget that Trump paid off a porn star and possibly a Hooker or 2, he seems to have some sort of an agenda with women. He can’t keep a wife for one, and enjoys Sniffing around in beauty pageant, back rooms and talking of grabbing them by the hooray.
You sure are jealous of DJT. It appears you are infatuated with how many women he has been with, as well as envious of him and his success in business as well as with the lady’s. When you have the success that he has had, the females are drawn to you. Now we have forker, the good old “shop teacher” who probably was a forever bachelor. Makes sense now why you continually bad mouth 45/47.
I just like to jerk your chain, and at the same time, identify his faults. Yes, I do have issues with him and am proud of it.
Yes, you have issues that shady pines needs ro address
Seems like you enjoy “jerking chains” by your own admission……
Wow you sure do have a bad case of TDS.
A hooker is supposed to be paid. Isn’t that part of her job as a hooker? If Trump didn’t pay off the hookers, you guys would be complaining about equal rights and equal pay, or some strawman like that. Make up your minds people! Either we pay the hookers for what they are worth or we don’t pay them for the job they do. Which one is it, Greg?
It’s illegal except in Nevada. It’s a mute point and question.
Biden is a liar and his supporters are dumb.
Aren’t all politicians?
Oh, there it is. They typical liberal answer for Joey’s actions involving hunter. You bash trump to death, yet if joey pardons his demon seed son, there is greg with a tear in his eye. It’s a father’s love of his son. 😆
Like all good leftists, it is always “do as I say, not as I do” with some people.
That sounds like trump.
A “father” wouldn’t have allowed their child to engage in illegal activities, profited from them, or tell that child that there are no consequences for poor decisions made. A Father raises his child to distinguish right from wrong and good from evil.
Hookers, crackpipes and blow… But not for all the Biden cash flow from Ukraine and China… Bring on the ” New” FBI.
What an insult to law abiding citizens of this great Nation. What a weak justification statement by the so called, “Leader of the Free World”. This decision, not unexpected but thought to be, is an awaking
for any sane voter to never, never ever vote for an “Independent” or “Democrat” for any cause.
Tragic that a man who wonders why he is in a room, even if a bathroom, peeing on his shoes, has any understanding of this action as it reflects on future issues of Presidential pardons.
Total abuse of a privilege on a case that should be considered in a court of law in the name of judicial balance.
Now President Biden can resign. This would make Kamala Harris the first woman president.
…and Harris’ husband the First Gentleman who had a kid with the babysitter.
Joey started relations with the babysitter, while his wife lay in a hospital bed. Then married the babysitter. What a great role model.
You sure have problems with the other side?I wonder why that is?
They guy has a worse track record with despicable behavior than anything Trump has done. Your are just blind to it
Prove it!
He went in the shower and had relations with his daughter. He started relations with Jill while his wife lay in a hospital dying. He has sold out his country to advesaries
And let’s not forget, a babysitter who was already married.
Is the presidency now like “Make a Wish”?
That isn’t at all degrading.
one of the folks I know we can just call him “greg”
said he was framed, never committed any crimes, never lied, never cheated, loves his brother’s wife & just can’t understand why everybody is so angry?
heck msnbc said he was a good boy & was just misunderstood & “greg” is happy now!
Don’t put words in my mouth.
Your very funny Forkner!
I try.
Try harder, you might actually achieve it someday
Don’t need to put words in your mouth you do an awesome job of proving you are an idiot without any help from others
Greg
You do just fine without our help.
You make such foolish leftist statements so you say it without our help.
Truth hurts Greg.
That’s a whole point. Don’t you know anything about economics?
Interesting.
The name Greg, one of the more popular names in the USA is tossed out, and you assume it refers to you?
Why?
Because it’s all about me. At least I have a name. You apparently have a citizens band radio handle.
Biden sure made a long statement to justify what he did. Could have just summed it up by saying: “Had to pardon Hunter so he wouldn’t turn state’s evidence on me.”
Looking forward to the outrage from people who want Trump to pardon any
number of criminals that THEY like.
None of them are criminals. The only criminals are the federal prosecutors and FBI heads who are working directly for Joe Biden; and the state DAs in New York and Georgia who filed false charges against Trump hoping to move up the ladder. Oh, and of course, the NY judge who doesn’t know the law and has a daughter who worked on Biden’s reelection campaign. THOSE are the criminals.
Not outraged at all.
This just opens up the door for pardons across the board. Any time President Trump thinks someone is being prosecuted selectively and for political reasons, a pardon for all crimes they are accused of, and any unknown crimes over the past decade is now the norm.
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Remember when Harry Reid pulled the nuclear option? Same thing here. Open the door, but do not get upset when someone you do not like walks through it.
“Opens up the door for pardons across the board.”
Okay.
‘https://www.newsweek.com/list-who-donald-trump-has-pardoned-1993998
You want to see an injustice? Look no further than Trump’s successful escape from prosecution for the classified documents and Jan 6 cases. And soon he will pardon many who attacked the Capitol on 6 Jan – acts resulting in the desecration of national monuments, assault upon police officers, and the death of individuals. Real live criminals will soon be freed.
Happily, Biden will soon pardon all those who were involved in Trump’s criminal prosecutions (even though they acted fully within the law), putting them all outside the reach of Trump’s retribution. Checkmate.
Poor dog can’t be happy.
Get over it and quit blaming trump for everything.
I am happy you’re sad.
I see you believe the lies the fake media tell you to believe about President Trump and jan 6.
1. As a PRESIDENT, he had every right to those documents, reference bill clinton who kept secret dicuments in his sock drawer. The National archives could have asked for them at any time, instead, chose to call the cops to raid our presidents (fully armed and prepared to shoot to kill btw) home and rifle through his wifes panty drawer. The DoJ is in the wrong here.
2. J6 was completely orchestrated by Nancy Pelosi, who FINALLY admitted it was her fault for her failure to say YES to president Trump offerring 10,000 national guard troops to be on hand at the capital. She and the local mayor both refused ANY assistance, and nancy even delayed the troops being able to deploy by simply not answering her phone.
3. Destruction of so many more of our national monuments that occurred by the BLM rioters was NEVER prosecuted around our country. What happened at the capital j6 was less violent than the summer of BLM riots or even the current antisemitic pro palestinian rioting going on at our college campuses and the desecration of those campuses.
4. The only death on j6 was a bad cop killing an unarmed ashli babbitt.
5. To pardon hose that have committed treason against our former president with their illegal lawfare is a the true heinous act of a deranged president biden. Crimes against us all.
6. Learn the truth and set the recod straight, you are a lawn of the dumbocrats believing their lies and spewing lies back.
Such vitriol coming from someone with such a sweet name. A real pattern clash.
Well said Molly
It was all orchestrated by the left and prosecuted by the left.
Trump was railroaded from Liberal Attorney Generals. Hunter was convicted by the man appointed by Biden in Attorney General’s office, a democrat. Not even close.
Actually he pled guilty.
If they acted fully within the law, how can they possibly need a pardon?
In order to escape unjust persecution by Trump and his minions.
The funniest part, is if Hunter is called to congress to testify, he can’t hide behind the 5th ammendment. Could get real interesting
No equivalent. Biden is a liar and his supporters are idiots.
Dog, desecration of national monuments, assaults upon police offices and deaths of individuals? Thanks for the refresher on the BLM RIOTS. Now go away!
Indeed. And many of the people responsible for perpetrating those acts were charged, prosecuted, convicted by juries, and punished. You can’t say that about Trump, who will get off scot-free, as will many of the J6 perps whom he will pardon. Thankfully, at least some of them will have served time before they’re released – a small, yet marginally satisfying slice of Justice.
The only people who died on J6 were Ashly Babbitt and Roselind Boyle. The J6 committee is in trouble for destroying evidence.
So I guess the death of two people is inconsequential? If Trump hadn’t set the rabbits running, they would still be alive.
You need to go watch his x video of that day which mainstream has cut to what you believe. He called for peaceful action and at one point asked them to go home.
Why did Nancy and Bowzer decline troops, national guard, active duty? All were offered.
No wonder they fear Kash, he already knows and is ready to inform the public about the government assets that were in the crowd
Oh yeah. Desecration of monuments and assaults on police.. Tell me something thatYOUR SIDEdidn’t do even more of during the “summer of Floyd” get real, you disgusting hypocrite!!
Brandon took an oath to not interfere with HIS DOJ. OK. But there’s a new DOJ coming under Trump. And the rats are already running scared. This was the only smart move Brandon ever made as president. The Biden Crime Family in full defensive posture.
Dear Joe – the proud father of a grifter, liar, and ex-addict:
Throughout your entire political life you have always substituted a lie for the truth whenever a lie suited your malign purposes. For example, you lied to all of America in a 2020 televised presidential debate with Donald Trump when you averred that the porn and the crimes that were found in Hunter’s abandoned Mac laptop (as then reported only by the NY Post) was merely a case of Russian election interference. And of course you lied throughout this entire year by repeatedly promising NOT to pardon your twice-convicted son and family bagman.
Begone, and disappear, Joe Biden. You have infested the nation and the White House with your countless lies and your personal grossness, and now the nation’s Capital stinks of you. The District of Columbia needs a complete fumigation of you and your ilk.
January 20, 2025 seems so far away.
100%
Trump 1.0 gave us Joe though. Think about that.
What a wonderful 4 years it’s been.
No. Not really.
COVID gave us Joe. A hostile media gave us Joe. The globalists you seem to adore gave us Joe.
And, Trump most certainly was a contributing factor as well. But, he did not give us Joe.
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Finally, in the long run, it is a good thing Joe happened. Now, the entire nation knows how far off the beam the leftists have become. If Trump had won in 2020, it would not be so obvious to anyone with half a brain how far gone the democrats are. Even the folks who voted Harris in 2024 are upset with the way the nation went under Joe.
Additionally, without the last four years, Trump might not have discovered how badly the deep state abhors him. And, how much they stymied him from 2017-2021. Now he knows, and the country will benefit.
Hillary gave us trump 1.0
No Greg, Covid, the main stream media along with Zuckerberg and what’s-his-name, who owned Twitter before Elon, as well as unverifiable mail-in-voting gave us Biden.
Yes and look at the landslide that came with Trump 2.0. 😆
Just like he gave the middle finger to the country over the course of his political career…good riddance to the Biden clan. Hopefully Joe and Jill stay away from Trumps inauguration.
He’s the next Bob Ross.
Wow another lying politician.
Looks like we all get a get out of jail card for tax evasion illegal gun and drug possession.
If not it’s discrimination just because daddy has the right job.
He admitted he is guilty.
You pro Biden just remember if it’s your family or friends they are going to pay.
How can anybody vote for a two tiered justice system?
No surprise here, His brother is next and himself at the very end.
It’s quite the pardon. Every single thing for a decade. Plus future acts he might yet commit. In theory Hunter could assassinate Trump and walk clean if he did it while Bloodstains is still in office.
Tell me again how the Democrats respect rule of law.
That, is the problem with this pardon.
If he wanted to let him walk on the firearm charge, no problem. But it is the crimes known and unknown, and all future crimes aspect of it.
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And, if Trump were to do anything even remotely like this, the outrage would be heard on Neptune.
There’s no sound in space.
Wasted space as you know.
In space nobody can hear you scream.
So quit screaming Greg you lost big.
How is that?
There is sound in space. There is no known area of the universe that is devoid of some matter of some kind. Granted, the matter in “space” is not dense enough to carry sounds perceptible by the human ear, that does not mean there is no sound.
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And, seriously???