What the hell is WRONG with people?!? Why is everyone making such a huge fuss about President Joe Biden pardoning his son, poor beleaguered Hunter, for the most minor of errors?
What did Hunter Biden do? He lied on the ATF form 4473 when he bought a gun, because he did not mention he used illegal drugs. According to the National Criminal Justice Association:
"Lying on the form is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. For being a user of unlawful drugs in possession of a firearm, the punishment is up to five years. The odds of being charged for lying on the form are virtually nonexistent."
Did you read that last sentence?
"The odds of being charged for lying on the form are virtually nonexistent."
Pardon me for repeating myself, but I am awestruck by the double standard this society seems to have for Joe Biden, on the one hand, and every other President, on the other hand.
Didn't Trump pardon his sleaze bucket father-in-law? Were there countless outraged columns and op-eds about it? No! What about Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich? In 1983, financier Marc Rich was indicted for evading more than $48 million in taxes, and charged with 51 counts of tax fraud, as well as running illegal oil deals with Iran during the 1979-1980 hostage crisis. During his last week in office, President Bill Clinton pardoned Rich, who had fled the U.S. during his prosecution and was residing in Switzerland. Rich's ex-wife had made "substantial" donations to the Clinton library and Hilary Clinton's campaign, and there was a suspicion that these donations had in fact bought the pardon.
It was very controversial, but where is the equivalence between Marc (very) Rich and Hunter Biden? Marc Rich was accused of evading $48,000,000 in taxes and running illegal oil deals with Iran.
Hunter Biden is accused of lying on a form and paying his taxes late.
WHERE IS THE EQUIVALENCE?
Oh, you say, but this sets a terrible precedent for the next guy and will probably lead to Trump abusing the Presidential pardon privilege!
Are you kidding me?!? Has Trump ever needed any precedent to justify his actions? NO! End of subject.
Oh, you say, but Biden said he was NOT going to pardon Hunter.
Guess what! He changed his mind.
Biden undoubtedly assumed that he would be President when his son was in prison, if it came to that. Would YOU want YOUR son to be in prison under the control of an unstable maniac who hates your guts because you had the temerity to beat him in the 2020 election? I have no doubt that Trump would behead Hunter Biden just to make his father suffer, if he could get away with it.
There is no way Hunter Biden would have been indicted if his dad wasn't President. This was an appropriate use of a Presidential pardon, in my eyes. I'm glad President Biden pardoned his troubled son. Joe acted as a loving father, and I support him.
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