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wickedsdesires -> White House defends pardon of Hunter Biden amid backlash (12/2/2024 12:38:26 PM)
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The White House has defended President Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter, after repeatedly insisting he had no plans to grant such executive clemency.
The press secretary said Biden had pardoned his son, who was facing sentencing later this month in two federal cases, to shield him from potential persecution by the outgoing president's political foes.
The sweeping pardon covers any potential federal crimes that 54-year-old Hunter may have committed over the course of a decade.
Republicans have lambasted the move, with President-elect Donald Trump calling it "an abuse and miscarriage of justice".
What I know about this one that sure as fuck looked like a witch hunt on Hunter to me and now the scum maga and trump are bleating on about it? That was after all those made up, fucked up, House investigations on Hunter Biden where you found bugger all?
Anything found out, by law, regarding Trump and his russian posse of halfwits, was either swept under the carpet or kicked down the road.
Did or did not Trump pardon - Trump granted clemency to five of his former campaign staff members and political advisers: Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, Stephen K. Bannon, and George Papadopoulos. Many of Trump's grants of clemency were criticized by the federal agents and prosecutors who investigated and prosecuted the cases.
In November and December 2020, Trump pardoned four Blackwater guards convicted of killing Iraqi civilians in the 2007 Nisour Square massacre;[41] white-collar criminals Michael Milken and Bernard Kerik;[42] and daughter Ivanka's father-in-law Charles Kushner.[10] He also pardoned five people convicted as a result of investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections: Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos, Alex van der Zwaan,[41] Roger Stone, whose 40-month sentence for lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstruction he had already commuted in July, and Paul Manafort.
I find the Charles Kushner pardon the funniest.
Criminal conviction
On June 30, 2004, Kushner was fined $508,900 by the Federal Election Commission for contributing to Democratic political campaigns in the names of his partnerships when he lacked authorization to do so.[21] In 2005, following an investigation by the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, US Attorney Chris Christie negotiated a plea agreement with him, under which Kushner pleaded guilty to 18 counts of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering.[22][23][24] The witness tampering charge arose from Kushner's retaliation against William Schulder, his sister Esther's husband, who was cooperating with federal investigators against Kushner. Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, arranged to record a sexual encounter between the two, and had the tape sent to his sister.[23][22][25][26] Kushner was sentenced to two years in prison.[22] He served 14 months at Federal Prison Camp, Montgomery in Alabama[27][28] before being sent to a halfway house in Newark, New Jersey, to complete his sentence.[27][28][29] He was released from prison on August 25, 2006.[30]
As a convicted felon, Charles Kushner was also disbarred and prohibited from practicing law in New Jersey,[31] New York,[32] and Pennsylvania.[33]
Republican Chris Christie, who chaired Trump’s first transition team, said Kushner committed "one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes" he prosecuted.[5]
On December 23, 2020, President Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to Kushner, his daughter's father-in-law,[35] citing his record of "reform" and "charity".[6][7] The Star-Ledger called it an empty pardon that carried "no moral weight.
I could not make this shit up if I tried.
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