Below is my column in Fox.com on President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son Hunter of not just his convicted crimes but any crimes that he may have chosen to commit. President Biden has set a standard that is not merely a new low but positively subterraneous for future presidents.
Here is the column:
President Joe Biden’s decision to use his presidential powers to pardon his own son will be a decision that lives in infamy in presidential politics. It is not just that the President used his constitutional powers to benefit his family. It is because the action culminates years of lying to the public about his knowledge and intentions in the influence-peddling scandal surrounding his family. Even among past scandals in the abuse of the pardon power, Biden has done lasting damage not just to his legacy but his office.
Despite its noble origins and purpose, the pardon power historically has not been a pristine power used by past presidents. As I have previously written, it was used to benefit the political cronies of past presidents. President Warren Harding was even accused of selling pardons, including to mob enforcer Ignacio Lupo, known as “Lupo the Wolf.” Former president William Clinton waited for the final days of his presidency to pardon his own brother as well as a major democratic donor.
In 2023, I wrote that Biden might follow this same pattern and pardon his son as a lame-duck president. The column suggested that Biden might withdraw as a candidate for office and then take the action as a father: “The pardon-and-apology approach might appeal to Biden not only as an effort to convert vice into virtue but to justify his withdrawal from the election as a selfless act.”
In the 2020 election and throughout his presidential term, Biden repeatedly lied to the American public with an ease and impunity that shocked even many political veterans in Washington. He was repeatedly asked if he knew about Hunter’s foreign dealings, including millions in alleged deals with Russians, Ukrainians, Chinese, and other clients. President Biden lied and denied such knowledge. As I detailed in my testimony in the Biden impeachment hearing, he had repeated discussions of these dealings. He is even on tape discussing news stories on the dealings.
President Biden was also repeatedly asked if he met any of his son’s clients. He repeatedly lied. We have pictures and records of dinners and meetings with these clients. Hunter Biden was expressly thanked for his arranging such access to his father.
Few reporters pressed Biden on the corruption scandal, but they were often met not only with denials but angry retorts from the president. When Fox reporter Peter Doocy raised it, the President steamed “Yes, yes, yes. God love you, man — you’re a one-horse pony, I tell you.”
When CBS’s Bo Erickson broke ranks and raised the scandal and drew a rebuke from Biden “I know you’d ask it. I have no response, it’s another smear campaign, right up your alley, those are the questions you always ask.”
The President continued to lie throughout the election, the presidential debates, and his term.
Then, the press repeatedly asked him whether he would pardon his son. The President was now running for reelection and again lied. He and the White House said over and over again that no such pardon would occur and was not being contemplated. That was also a lie. NBC is reporting that, while issuing these denials last June, there were discussions about the pardon.
The pardon power was written in absolute terms, and a president can even, in my view, pardon himself. However, what is constitutional is not necessarily ethical or right. This is one of the most disgraceful pardons even in the checkered history of presidential pardons. President Biden has lied to cover up a corruption scandal that reportedly brought his family millions in raw influence peddling. His portrayal of his son as a victim stands in sharp contrast to the sense of immunity and power conveyed by Hunter in his dealings.
There were diamonds as gifts, lavish expense accounts, and a sports car, in addition to massive payments that Hunter claimed were “loans.” There are messages where Hunter belies the President’s portrayal of a political witch hunt, including messages like the one to a Chinese businessman openly threatening the displeasure of Joe Biden if money is not sent to them immediately. In the WhatsApp message, Hunter stated:
“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.”
The President has now pardoned Hunter for his convicted felonies and any crimes he may have committed from “Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 1, 2024.”
It is all now being buried under a sweeping immunity deal and a pack of presidential lies.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
So here’s what I’m wondering: Hunter now has complete immunity from being charged with anything illegal HE did during a certain period. IOW he has “bath” immunity.
But suppose Joe doesn’t pardon himself for any crimes HE committed or may have committed during the same period, as doing so would be a tacit admission that he is a crook. So here’s a hypothetical:
Joe leaves office. Trump DOJ immediately charges Joe with bribery and other crimes committed during the period of Hunter’s immunity, naming Hunter as an unindicted co-conspirator.
Can the prosecution call Hunter as a witness to testify about Joe’s bribery schemes? After all, Hunter can’t be charged for anything he says relating to his immunity, so taking the 5th isn’t an option, nor is testifying untruthfully, as that could lead to a perjury charge. There’s also no parent-child privilege in federal court proceedings.
You lawyers out there, whaddayathink? I know it would an extraordinary case, but under current criminal law, could it be done?
effinayright: Didn’t the MAGA media you follow explain the Trump SCOTUS ruling? Joe cannot be charged with any crimes related to his presidency–total immunity. If there was a “bribery scheme”, why haven’t the Republicans come up with any evidence, and why do you wholeheartedly believe there is one, even though there isn’t any evidence? But, what your post does prove is that vengeance is your priority.
Gigi: Didn’t the MSNBC/Wiki/Google sources you follow explain the Trump SCOTUS ruling? The absolute immunity is limited to acts “within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority.”
“Joe cannot be charged with any crimes related to his presidency–total immunity.”
Loosely correct.
The Ukraine bribery scheme took place while Joe was Vice President.
Vice presidents do not have immunity.
“If there was a “bribery scheme”, why haven’t the Republicans come up with any evidence”
They did.
This is not even a close call.
Hunter Biden was Paid for his ability to influence the Vice President.
There is absolutely no secret about that. There is massive evidence of that.
Hunter Biden delivered on the requests of those who paid him for influence with the VP.
While the big example is stopping the investigation of Burisma – there are myriads of others.
The Left’s claim tis that there is no proof that the money Hunter was paid went to Joe Biden.
That is both false – smaller sums ere traced to Joe – repayments of loans that do not exist – which not only is proof f bribery but tax evasion.
But eqaully important – the law does NOT require that Joe Biden benefited.
All that is required to prove bribery is that Money was paid to someone close to the VP, and that the quid pro quo requested was delivered.
That is inarguably the case.
Hunter Biden was Paid for his ability to influence the Vice President.
If that were true then no crime would have been committed. It’s completely legal for someone with influence over an official to sell that influence for money. It’s called lobbying, and the first amendment explicitly protects it.
But that’s not what was happening. Hunter wasn’t being paid for his influence. Hunter wasn’t being paid at all. The payments weren’t for him, they were for Joe. Hunter was just the bagman. And that makes it not lobbying but bribery.
What is the evidence you think is lacking ?
Hunter was inarguably paid to deliver influence on his father, to deliver actions that Only VP Joe could perform.
That required excercise of public power.
Are you actually debating that ? Hunter BRAGGED about exactly that.
Those paying the bribes GOT the quid pro quo they paid for.
That is ALL the law requires.
You can not circumvent bribery laws by laundering money through your family.
If I am VP and you come to me and say – I will pay your childs way through Harvard if you apont me as Ambassador to Botswana
That is bribery.
But if you had been paying attention – some money made it to Joe.
effinayright: Didn’t the MAGA media you follow explain the Trump SCOTUS ruling?
Gigi, you dissembling Democrat political whore: there is exactly NOTHING in that SCOTUS ruling that provides Bribery Biden with immunity for taking bribes from the ChiComs and Putin while Vice President.
And there isn’t blanket immunity for ANYTHING a president does in office.
Despite your Soviet Democrat-Marxist Mainstream Media Propaganda Complex lying that SCOTUS provided amnesty for a president doing anything.
It’s not nice for you to lie to the new people, Gigi.
Some of them haven’t had time yet to figure out you’re a lying Democrat whore. And how to properly respond to you in the same vein you use while insulting everyone here with your Fire Ho Of Democrat Lies.
There are some relevant legal and constitutional questions that you did not address that are relevant to this pardon, but also to pardon power more generally.
I do not beleive that you can, but more importantly I do not beleive that the pardon power SHOULD include the power to issue blanket and non-specific pardons.
This came up a bit with Obama’s blanket decision to use prosecutorial discretion to cease law enforcement against illegal immigrants.
I do not beleive those in government with specific powers – such as prosecutorial discretion or pardon power can use those broadly and non-specifically.
The President can pardon person X for Crime Y.
Can Joe Biden right now pardon all illegal immigrants of all immigration related crimes since 2020 ?
The pardon of crimes that Hunter has been convicted of is valid and constitutional.
But I do not think a pardon for non-specific crimes or by non-specific persons should not be valid.
This will be relevant as Trump looks to Pardon J6 defendants. I think he can pardon individuals by name, for specific crimes.
But I do not think he can just pardon everyone or nearly everyone who was at the capitol on J6 for whatever they may have done.
Good point, John Say
The constitution doesn’t really say much about the limits of a pardon. The only thing that kind of relates is impeachment.
A president can totally pardon someone like Robertson, who’s facing execution in Texas, if they want to. In theory, Biden could even pardon himself for any of the accusations thrown his way. But honestly, that seems unnecessary since he enjoys the same broad protections that Trump has now, making it pretty pointless to try and prosecute him for anything he did while in office. It would be super tough to prove that anything he did wasn’t just part of his official duties.
Ironically he did what Trump or any Republican would have done. That be made a promise not to pardon his son would be irrelevant since he can change his mind for whatever reason.
…and you know “what Trump or any other Republican would have done”, how exactly? And in your infinite wisdom are we to presume that you know that no other Democrat would have done the same? By the way, while Mr. Biden’s promise not to pardon his son is legally irrelevant, this lie goes straight to the heart of his dishonesty–not to mention the fawning dishonesty of his sycophants at ABCNNBCBS.
gleion: Love your media acronym.
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“he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”
Again the constitution must be read NARROWLY regarding govenrment powers and broadly regarding individual rights.
The text above give the president power – but it requires an Offense.
There is nothing about blanket pardons.
It is reasonable to read this as Requiring the offenses to be identified and the persons being pardoned to be individually identified.
Among other things Blanket pardons and blanket refusal to enforce laws – prosecutorial discretion, do more than make specific exceptions, they effectively veto the law, without actually vetoing it. That is a far broader power than “Hunter Biden is pardoned for tax evasion in 2017”
Something should be done about Robertson – Shaken Baby is a part of a large body of Pseudo science that Prosecutors have been able to shill in court.
There is an NSF/NBS study of things like matching hair or ANY fibers, Bite Marks and it is ALL complete garbage. At very best without the roots and DNA you may be able to establish if the hair is human – and MAYBE within very broad ranges what color it is.
What we see on “Law and order” or CSI generally CAN NOT BE DONE.
We can not even match bullets to specific guns – though we have been doing so in court for nearly a century. The accuracy of such matches is below 50%.
When conducted properly a Fingerprint match is pretty good – you are supposed to have a 10pt match. But with each pt you lose the match quality declines exponentially.
Natches below 9pts should not be allowed in court.
We are Told that DNA matches are 1:1000000000000. That is FALSE – the standard DNA match done by law enforcement today does not match every gene,
It slices and dices the chromsome and then compares the lengths of the bits that result. While the results are NORMALLY better than fingerprints – not one in a trillion,
there is ONE serious flaw in the DNA tests we use today – the very high probability that SOME relatives will match according to the standards of the test.
When the police have a DNA match in court – what theat means is that the defendant or some of close relatives are likely the perpitrator.
Regardless most forensic evidence is poor quality – while with CORRECT explanations it often should be admissible. It is circumstantial and relates to probability not certainty.
And shaken baby is just total garbage.
That said the president does not have the power to Pardon or Cmute Robertson’s sentence. He did not committ a federal crime.
It is reasonable to read this as Requiring the offenses to be identified and the persons being pardoned to be individually identified.
No, it is not reasonable. We have almost 250 years of history, plus many centuries before that with the royal pardon from which the president’s power was copied. Suffice it to say that George Washington disagreed with your interpretation, and nobody objected.
Biden can pardon himself and his family of federal crimes. – and may well do so before leaving office.
The SCOTUS ruling does not protect ANYTHING he did in office – but it does protect alot.
If Biden directed DOJ to go after Trump or to go easy on Hunter – that would be covered by Immunity.
But he could be impeached for it.
I would note that SCOTUS got immunity wrong.
The CORRECT ruling is presidents have immunity for anything done as president UNTIL they are impeached and convicted by the Senate.
It is NOT the business of the courts to sort out what immunity applies to and what it does not.
Anyone who beleived Biden was not pardoning Hunter is an idiot.
This is nothing to be outraged over.
Only morons did not know this was going to happen.
Yes, Trump would pardon Barron under similar circumstances.
But then Trump’s children are NOT soliciting bribes in foreign countries, dodging taxes, dealing drugs, pimping out prostitutes, …..
The CORRECT ruling is presidents have immunity for anything done as president UNTIL they are impeached and convicted by the Senate.
No, that is not correct at all. The impeachment process DOES NOT AFFECT the criminal process in any way. The two systems run in parallel, because they are very different things. The impeachment process is inherently a political process, not a legal one. Therefore impeachment and conviction is neither required for a criminal conviction, nor does it prevent one.
Ironically he did what Trump or any Republican would have done.
Curious George the pervert Confederate Marxist Monkey claims we should accept his claim that his special Democrat Ouija Board makes him an actual expert of what a normal human being i.e. a Republican would have done.
George is a piss poor liar. Not just a piss poor human being who specifically comes here to get his sexual gratification from lying to the audience and his host.
A president can totally pardon someone like Robertson, who’s facing execution in Texas, if they want to.
No, he can’t. You idiot.
But honestly, that seems unnecessary since he enjoys the same broad protections that Trump has now, making it pretty pointless to try and prosecute him for anything he did while in office
1. Accepting bribes is not part of his official duties.
2. More importantly, the bribe taking that we know about took place BEFORE he was president. The Burisma bribe was paid in 2014, while he was president, and in return for that bribe he blackmailed the Ukrainian government to fire the prosecutor, also while he was VP.
This is an interesting question and one that should have been addressed during the “get Trump” effort regarding presidential immunity. If a president enjoys immunity for official acts (but not “unofficial acts”), where does that fit in with the idea of a self-pardon? Why wouldn’t every president now simply issue a “blanket” pardon for himself and his family for every act committed prior to leaving office? Is that where we are heading? I am of the opinion that a Hunter pardon could be more damage to the Biden family that any prison sentence. His sentence could have been commuted and in doing so, I don’t think that he would have lost his 5th amendment rights. Now, he can be paraded into every House committee and if his testimony differs at all from what he stated in the past, he’s looking at a perjury case. What if he implicates his father? These could never been considered “official” acts, so unless Joe pardons himself, Hunter becomes the star witness. And if a president can simply pardon himself, then what was the purpose of the SC ruling on presidential immunity?
Tom: “implicates his father” in what? Presidents now have total immunity–so said the Trump SCOTUS. Therefore, Joe Biden can’t be prosecuted for being bribed as president, no matter how many times MAGA media tries to say so. So, what MAGA media has been feeding you this BS?
Bribery is not an official act. So presidents have no immunity for it. But that’s irrelevant, since Hunter was collecting bribes on his father’s behalf LONG BEFORE his father became president.
John Say:
“The power thus conferred is unlimited, with the exception stated. It extends to every offence known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken or during their pendency or after conviction and judgment. This power of the President is not subject to legislative control.” Ex Parte Garland, 71 U.S. at 380.
That is why I believe Biden worded his “pardon” to affect any/all “offenses” between 2014 up to the present (2024)?
Except for the breadth of the word unlimited – I do not think what you cited is at odds with what I have said – What you cite says that the president can pardonodetified people for identified crimes.
I do take issue with a broad reading f Unlimited.
The narrow reading – it is not subject to legislative control – I agree with, That BTW is also why the president is not subject to the Easpionage act, and why the PRA is only constitutional if the president can choose ANY WH documents as personal.
Not being subject to legislative control does not make it infinite.
My point is there comes a point with either prosecutorial discretion or non-specific pardon power that the concern is not the legislatiure encroaching on the executive – but the executive subsuming the legislative.
Congress can not legislatively bar the pardon power.
But presidents can not use the pardon power(or prosecutorial discretion) to undo legislation.
There is a difference between “I pardon X for Crime Y”, and “I pardon anyone who has committed crime Y – the latter effectively undoes legislation.
George Washington disagreed with you.
* who’s going to jump on it and get it to SCOTUS, John Say?
I put in my 0.02,
I think the limits of the pardon power are a highly on point topic for this blog.
That said Neither party is challenging the Hunter Biden Pardon.
Ourportedly there are several law professors who have claimed this pardon is unconstitutional.
But that does not create an incentive to challenge it.
For Trump and Republicans this is a Win.
As Sun Tzu says – never stop your enemy when they are making a mistake.
The nebulousness of this Pardon makes it clear that Joe is doing more than pardoning his son – he is trying to protect himself and his family.
Trump and his administration ARE coming after people – but NOT the Biden’s. Without this pardon Joe and the Biden’s were bullet proof – so long as their retire quietly to Delaware.
But this pardon creates an oportunity for Republicans. Hunter could easily be a Star witness now – he no longer has fifth amendment protection.
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I would also point out – a dew wise legal scholars have noted that because Hunter was pardoned before sentencing, he is NOT a convicted felon. Trump is not going to be sentenced for the merchan/Bragg travesty – and therefore is NOT a convicted felon either.
Can Joe Biden right now pardon all illegal immigrants of all immigration related crimes since 2020 ?
Yes, he can. He can even pardon all immigration-related crimes since 1900. He does not have to know the names of the people he is pardoning.
But I do not think he can just pardon everyone or nearly everyone who was at the capitol on J6 for whatever they may have done.
If you think he can’t, you’re simply wrong. Such pardons have been an unquestioned part of our law since the Washington administration. No one questioned Washington’s ability to do it, so any questions raised now, nearly 250 years later, are automatically invalid.
This simply highlights and culminates the decades of deception and corruption of this President. In this wide sweeping, unprecedented pardon, he aims to shutdown the investigations into his personal and extensive history of bribery and the millions he has with plausible deniability collected to feather his nest.
Joe just gave the middle finger to the Democratic Party for throwing him under the bus. He kicked the soapbox from under their feet. They have no moral high ground (none)from which to point fingers.
“unprecedented pardon”? Quoting Joe Biden: “People are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form,” he said. “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 president said.
Donald Trump, Biden’s predecessor (and successor) in office, pardoned war criminals, associates who obstructed justice, law enforcement officers accused of violence against people of color, and Charles Kushner, who pleaded guilty years ago to charges of tax evasion and witness tampering, and who is the father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared.
The people Trump pardoned actually hurt people, including war criminals. There’s no comparison whatsoever. And, Joe Biden could not leave his son’s fate in the hands of someone like Kash Patel, who has promised revenge. Remember that the Trump SCOTUS said that they can’t go after Joe Biden when he leaves office, so they would absolutely go after Hunter, to punish him for beating Trump in 2016. Joe did the right thing. Kash Patel’s nomination changed the entire dynamics–he wouldn’t play by the rules which provide that the DOJ and FBI are not supposed to be used for political retribution, so why shouldn’t Joe Biden take steps to protect his only living son?
E.M.: are you just repeating the hyperbole you heard on MAGA media?
Gigi: Quoting Joe Biden: “People are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form,” he said.
Exact same Bribery Biden who repeatedly swore to his favorite political whore Gigi that he would never pardon his son.
Exact same Bribery Biden who repeatedly swore to his favorite political whore Gigi that he had no idea who his son’s ChiCom customers were, didn’t know their names, and had certainly never actually met with them in the Vice President’s office, to golf with them, etc.
Gigi again: are you just repeating the hyperbole you heard on MAGA media?
Gigi, do you have to quote and repeat ALL of Bribery Biden’s lies? Do you HAVE to lie like Bribery Biden does every time that ugly anus in the middle of your commie face goes to work posting your Bull Schiff here?
I am sorry -I am NOT with Turley on this Faux outrage.
Anyone who beleived That Biden was not pardoning Hunter is a moron.
This was absolutely going to happen. It is NO surprise.
The vast majority of us are not even upset that Joe lied about it.
Of all the lies that Biden has told – this is the least consequential.
Had Joe NOT pardoned his son -= that would have demonstrated unfitness to be a human being.
You would have to really hate your son to not do as Joe has done if you had the power to do so.
Calling me a moron is not appreciated.
However, now that Joe has buried this, it also has buried the “10% for the big guy” statement.
Joe Biden is the worst President in my lifetime— and is a crook. Nixon was labeled as a crook. Biden makes even Nixon look good.
Why the outrage? This is Exhibit A for the Biden family getting away with their naked corruption and lies.
Is this just first of several related pardons, with the timing dictated by Hunter’s upcoming sentencing? Will Biden pardon his brother? Will Biden pardon himself?
How does the pardon affect Hunter’s ability to claim 5th amendment protection in any future Congressional hearings? Not that the hearings do anything except give some RINOs a chance to bloviate in front of the cameras.
Still hopeful that Bondi and Patel are able to clean up the naked politicization of the DOJ and FBI. The unashamedly favorable treatment of Biden and his son, together with the pardon, will hopefully be a catalyst toward that end.
* and what of duty?
* oaths sworn? There is self interest. I’m a soldier and killing people in a town. Can I pause in one house and eat the food after killing the inhabitants? Perhaps they have diamonds and gold. Can i.loot it?
Personal gain is not part of an oath. Unless an event is coincidental and unavoidable personal gain is taken unless one is a thief. Joe Biden, commander and thief.
Wow, John Say just called everyone here a moron. That’s interesting.
But honestly, he kinda makes a point. It’d be pretty dumb for Biden to have the power to help his son stay out of prison and not do it. He did what the constitution lets him do. You can’t really fault Biden for choosing to pardon; I mean, Trump would totally do the same for his own family if they were in that spot.
“Wow, John Say just called everyone here a moron.”
George Svelaz, it was your group that believed Biden and you especially. I guess that makes you a moron.
John, you said, “Anyone who believed That Biden was not pardoning Hunter is a moron.”
I partially agree with you. In spite of what he said, I was pretty sure that Biden would end up pardoning Hunter. Just like, I was pretty sure that Biden would not run for re-election. Megyn Kelly said the same thing in the video I posted earlier. Even worse, she points out that it was a planned lie when Biden said it.
The word “moron” probably accurately describes a fair number of those who believed Biden, but gullible, believing, naive, non-cynical, trusting and slow-learning also describes a fair number.
John doesn’t need me to defend him. But lets get real people! He didn’t call everyone on this list a moron he said “Anyone who beleived That Biden was not pardoning Hunter is a moron.” And I think that is entirely fair. In order to “believe” this, one would have to have believed Biden was being truthful when he said he wouldn’t pardon his son. And if you “believed” that (a claim which, if true, would have made him world-class chump-father, and moreover, would have entirely contradicted all his previous unreserved support and defense of Hunter) then what other lies Biden made did you, who have been so terribly wounded by John’s remark, believe? Not many, would be my guess. So I will raise on John’s words and add to the end of his statement “… and probably either delusional, disingenuous or outright lairs themselves.)
Joe didn’t lie about it–he changed his mind–the reason is Kash Patel. Who in their right mind wouldn’t protect their child from a vengeful lunatic like him?
So you believe that before he “changed his mind” he was actually “a world-class chump-father”? If that’s not the case, how do you square his “no I won’t pardon Hunter” claims with his prior unequivocal support for Hunter and Hunter’s “innocence.” It’s tough to figure out how both can coexist.
Which fallacious logic are you using to contruct your argument regarding Biden’s humanity? Affirming the consequent? Definist fallacy? Appeal to emotion?
Turley: I think, in the interests of fairness, you should disclose the amount of money Fox media pays you to write the drivel you publish, because that will put into context all of your hand-wringing and name-calling of Biden and how allegedly “low” he brought the US Presidency by “lying”. Because, unlike Trump, Biden does respect the rule of law, Biden had initially declined to pardon Hunter, and maintained this position until the name of KASH PATEL came up to head the FBI. That changed the dyanamics and also changed Biden’s mind. Kash Patel is a radical, even more of a syncophantic toadie than the rest of the incompetent, conflicted and inexperienced nominees so far. From Frank Figliuzzi, former Assistant Director For Counterintelligence at the FBI:
“Patel’s particular problem goes far beyond competence: His record shows no devotion to the Constitution, but blind allegiance to Trump. Patel helped spread the fabricated conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was rigged against Trump. He has promoted the conspiracy of a “deep state” within government institutions whose aim is to topple Trump. Court findings and the jury system are things that should matter to an FBI director, yet Patel seems not to care that more than 60 court challenges found no evidence of fraud in the 2020 election, nor that grand juries and trial juries of American citizens determined Trump should be criminally indicted, held civilly liable and even convicted.
If he becomes FBI director, Patel will have to take an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, but his public statements raise concerns about his ability to keep that oath. In an interview last year with Trump adviser Steve Bannon, Patel promised to pursue judges, lawyers and even journalists he perceived as having wrongly investigated Trump and influenced the 2020 election. “We will go out and find the conspirators,” he told Bannon, “not just in government but in the media — yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections.” That doesn’t sound like a man who intends to strictly adhere to the rule of law. It sounds like a wannabe cop planning on false arrests and fabricated evidence.”
Biden has said, given Patel’s nomination, that Hunter would not be safe in prison, and further, that Republicans have stated their intent to look for more ways to go after Hunter–all to punish Biden for beating Trump in 2016. From the “New York Times”:
“The heart of the federal case against the president’s son — that he lied about drug use on a federal form when he purchased a handgun — is not typically the basis for a stand-alone prosecution.
By Glenn Thrush
Published Sept. 15, 2023
Updated June 11, 2024
On the face of it, Hunter Biden appears at risk of being sentenced to as long as 25 years in prison and $750,000 in fines if he is convicted on the three gun charges brought against him by federal prosecutors on Thursday.
In reality, few people fitting Mr. Biden’s profile — a first-time, nonviolent offender accused of lying on a federal firearms application, who never used the gun (in his case, a Colt Cobra .38 that he held onto for less than two weeks five years ago) to commit a crime — get serious prison time for the offenses charged in the indictment.
Just bringing the charges is out of the ordinary in some ways, former law enforcement officials say, and the legal basis of the prosecution is under constitutional challenge.”
Because of Patel’s nomination, Biden CHANGED HIS MIND–and that is NOT LYING. If Biden had intended to pardon Hunter, he would have done so years ago–but didn’t—although he would have been justified in doing so because of the selective prosecution and lack of any real victims. Now, the dynamics are different–we have a dictator wannabe who has pledge revenged against those he perceives to be his enemies and a boot-licking syncophant who will do what he is told and who has promised to use the power of the federal government to exact revenge for Trump.
Hunter has been clean and sober for over 5 years. His substance abuse was the result of the significant trauma he has experienced, including witnessing the violent deaths of his mother and 18-month-old baby sister when he was 2 years old in a wreck in which he also suffered severe injuries, the death of his brother Beau, and a traumatic divorce. Hunter never used the gun, and he has paid back taxes and penalties and interest. It would be irresponsible for Biden to leave Hunter’s fate in the hands of someone like Kash Patel, so he CHANGED HIS MIND. That’s not deceitful–it was the right thing to do.
OTOH, as to Trump and his crimes–Ashli Babbitt is still dead, the Capitol Police officer who lost an eye is still monovisual, and there are still hundreds of his fans who are convicted of and/or and are facing criminal charges for believing his lies. Trump has promised to pardon them–and they actually hurt people–including Police Officers–where’s the justice there? Since when is it OK to attack police officers and break into the Capitol Building? And WHY did that happen–the BIG LIE. Then there’s Stormy Daniels, who has expressed fear for her safety and the safety of her family because she testified against Trump. In fact, judges on Trump cases have received death threats, as have others who have testified against him.
Yes, Turley, it’s time to disclose how much they pay you to write the things you write. I am paid nothing.
Gigi,
this is an incredibly Stupid argument.
As we saw with the Clinton Classified documents the FBI director does NOT actually have the authority to choose who to prosecute.
The FBI is an investigative body, not a prosecutorial one.
Next No one is after Hunter Biden “politically” – He has committed very real crimes – Hoe is only partly correct that he is being targeted because he is a Biden.
An ordinary person in his position would have made a deal, plead out served and been released long ago.
Joe is correct that Hunter is NOT the Target – Joe is. I would note that while the Election changes that – there is not going to be any consequential effort of Trump or Republicans to go after Joe Biden, HOWEVER should they actually choose to do so, the Pardon makes Jee even MORE vulnerable. Hunter can not plead the fifth amendment for crimes he has been pardoned for – and he just received a blanket pardon.
Rather than constrain Patel and the FBI – this has EMPOWERED them to go after Joe and the rest of the family.
Hunter can NOT refuse to cooperate – doing so would be a NEW crime that he can and would be prosecuted for, and Judges would slam him for refusing to cooperate after a pardon.
Hunter and Joe are safe going into the future because Trump is NOT going to do what democrats have and seek revenge.
Hunter and Joe are safe because the american people have cast their verdict on the Biden’s – they are corrupt but they are NOW irrelevant and expected to quietly return to delaware to be left alone and to leave the country alone.
To the extent the Trump administration or Republicans care about Hunter Biden any more it is because they care about the opbstruction of justice within the IRS, DOJ, FBI used to sheild Hunter while Joe was president THAT will be investigated by Patel.
Biden has the same shield of presidential immunity that Trump had. Going after Biden would just make Republicans look like total hypocrites. He’s protected by this immunity, so any officials from his administration wouldn’t be able to spill the beans on him since they’d be questioned about their official talks and emails. The Supreme Court has made it clear that anything former administration officials say can’t be used against President Biden.
@George He’s protected by this immunity, so any officials from his administration wouldn’t be able to spill the beans on him since they’d be questioned about their official talks and emails.
George is in a three way liars’ race to the bottom of the Marxist shytehole, skidding downward arsehole to arsehole with Gigi and Dennis. That is more likely another George lie that can’t be defended by claims of his Grade Three level reading comprehension.
There is nowhere in the SCOTUS immunity decision that provides immunity to the eight years of felonies Bribery Biden committed while Vice President or the decades before as a Senator, or after his time as Vice President.
As for felonies Bribery Biden committed after becoming president, there is nothing in that SCOTUS decision that provides immunity to a president accepting bribes and payments for influence from ChiComs or Putin oligarchs. Those would be 100% unofficial acts.
Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. ___ (2024)
There is no immunity for unofficial acts.>/i>
— SCOTUS, July 1st, 2024
With respect to your attacks on Kash Patel.
First you cite as authorities people and organizations that american voters just resoundingly REJECTED as liars in this election.
Nov. 5th was the Nation casting its VERDICT on your claims.
YOU and the MSM and the left and Democrats made all these claims.
If people had beleived them or even took them seriously they would have voted against Trump.
Let me make that Clear AGAIN – Trump has an OVERWHELMING Mandate
Not only did he win the popular vote – not only did everyone who voted for him REJECT all of your idiotic claims.
But the tens of millions of people who heard all of the claims and sat this election out – ALSO voted, by not voting for Harris.
They did NOT vote FOR Trump but they voted AGAINST YOU.
Trump got barely more votes in 2024 than he did in 2020.
What changed ? Harris did NOT get the 81M votes that Biden did.
The specific reasons Harris got less votes are relevant to the Democratic parties future.
But the FACT that she fell FAR short means that ALL your attacks FAILED.
People do not beleive you.
They do not believe you about Trump
They do not believe you about Patel
They do not believe you about 2020
They do not believe you about the Lawfare you have waged.
You lost the trust of the american people.
Half the country cam out and voted against you.
tens of millions of others stayed home.
You are the little boy who falsely cried wolf one too many times.
People are not listening to you.
Many people – possibly half the country Want Trump to clean house,
They WANT Trump to go after Hunter and Joe and Hillary and all their corrupt minions.
They WANT Trump to do exactly what Democrats tried to do to him.
It is my hope and expectation that neither Bondi, nor Patel, nor the rest of the Trump administration will do that.
But it is also My hope and expectation that the Trump administration WILL clean house.
That those engaged in political lawfare WILL lose their jobs, and their law licenses.
That those who engaged in government censorship – directly or by proxy will lose their jobs and law licenses.
That those who seriously used govenrment power to infringe on individuals rights will go to jail.
I EXPECT consequences – not because these people are democrats – many of them are not.
Not for Politicians like Shifty Schiff who engaged in dirty politics.
But for those who used government power to infringe on individual rights.
Whether Trump’s or Catholics, or parents of school children or pro lifers or J6 protestors.
I expect those who went beyond politics and weaponized govenrment power – the law to go after political enemies – often the american people
to be criminally prosecuted.
I do not know that Trump’s nominees are up to that – it is a huge task.
But I do know that we need ATLEAST a Firebrand like Patel.
Regardless, The american people do not beleive you.
You can rant about 2020
You can rant about Trump’s indictments,
You can pretend you lawfare was legitimate.
But outside of a few true beleivers – you have lost the trust of the american people.
They either voted AGAINST your claims, or they took them so unseriously they did not vote.
You rant and whine that Trump does not have a mandate,
Yet you told the entire country that Trump was a fascist, Hilter, the end of democracy.
and 75M spit in your face, And another 20M yawned at your histrionic claims.
You cried Wolf – and no one beleived you.
Trump and his appointments have a huge mandate to do Everything they promised. 51% of americans want that and tens of millions more don’t care.
“ Let me make that Clear AGAIN – Trump has an OVERWHELMING Mandate”
Ummm…. that’s not actualy true. Trump won by a bare majority, even in the popular vote. That’s not even enough to declare a mandate. He won by barely beatinng Harris. What will be relevant is how quickly Trump will wreck any political capital he has.
Ummmm…..more than two and a half million votes, and an electoral landslide of 312 to 226 is not “a bare majority.”
Are you a DNC draft speechwriter? (actually doubtful because of your grammar errors).
Trump only got 6 more EC votes in 2024 than he did in 2016, so it was not anything resembling a “landslide”.
Trump didn’t win by a landslide or by an overwhelming majority. Percentage-wise, Trump didn’t win a substantive majority. There’s barely enough to claim a mandate.
“Ummm…. that’s not actualy true.”
Ummmm… what’s actually true is that George is a pathological liar.
You need to stop lying about anything resembling a “mandate” or overwhelming agreement by the American people of the Trump agenda. Despite denying Project 2025, which most Americans disapproved of, Trump is in the process of enacting it and nominating people who either wrote it or agree with it. Trump received less than 50% of the popular vote, and “won” by the slimmest of margins–44th of 51. He lied repeatedly, including fake promises that the cost of groceries and housing would drop precipitiously and that personal wealth will soar–even though he has no plan for how to bring this about and economists say that his economic plan is defective–tariffs will drive up inflation, tax breaks for the wealthiest will cause the national debt to soar and no taxes on Social Security benefits will deplete the Fund in 6 years’ times. Many of those who voted for him believed these lies–but that does not mean they agree with him or his promises of revenge. Studies prove that most people vote based on what they believe to be in their best financial interests. Polls show that they fell for the MAGA media lies that the economy is teetering on the brink of depression and that the country is headed in the wrong direction because of high food prices, which are coming down–that explains the vote. Pre-election, Trump had lower approval ratings than Harris.
There was NO “lawfare”–Trunp has done everything the various grand juries found that he did–stealing classified documents, trying to rig the vote, falsifying business records and starting the insurrection.
You need to stop lying about anything resembling a “mandate” or overwhelming agreement by the American people
You need to stop lying that there are local men devastated because you’re now denying them sex. All the local men made their friends promise they would grab a bar stool and cold cock them if they ever got so staggering drunk that they took even a sideways glance at you.
How’s that head shaving thing coming along?
Because THOSE OF you ON THE LEFT – Not Trump
have ratcheted up the political rhetoric,
there are death threats all arround.
It is Not Biden or Harris that has been wounded by assassins.
It is not Biden or Harris that has had ATLEAST two Armed assassins stalk them.
It is not Sotomayor or Merchan or CHutkan that has had armed stalkers attempting to kill them
It is not Biden or Harris that has Iran sending out assassination teams.
I am not aware of any Republicans Faking Hate Crimes like Jussie Smollett.
It is not democratic presidential candidates who have been called Hitler in every single presidential campaign in my entire life.
You have cried Fascistm Hitler, Existential threat to democracy, the last election, enemies in concentration camps, ….
The american people did NOT beleive you.
NOW you had better hope you were WRONG.
You say Trump does not have a mandate – that is FALSE.
YOU have given Trump a mandate.
YOU have given Trump the mandate to ACTUALLY do the things you accused him of.
You had better hope you were WRONG.
I do not beleive your idiocy that Biden did this because Patel is after Hunter.
If Patel is after a Biden, it is JOE, not Hunter. And the Pardon makes JOE easier to get not Harder.
Regardless, neither Patel, nor Trump are looking to jail Hunter or Joe or the Biden family.
The Biden’s are as of Jan 20,2025 completely impotent, and as of Nov. 5th fairly well neutered.
Patel’s target, Trump’s target, the american peoples target, is Not the Biden’s
But it is those who abused government power to infringe on the rights of americans.
What a joke Meh Gin has become–she’s back to being full MAGA.
In his own words
Adam Schiff
@AdamSchiff
If the President issues a pardon in a case in which he or his family are implicated, the American people need to know whether it is part of an attempt to obstruct justice. This bill would make that possible and serve as a powerful deterrent.
4:55 PM · Apr 19, 2018
https://x.com/AdamSchiff/status/987072188086870016
That was then. This is now.
Schiff is a lying scumbag as well.
I am not sure how a Pardon can obstruct justice.
Once you have been Pardoned, the 5th amendment no longer applies.
That is Why Biden had to wait until after the election.
There is not real impetus to go After Joe Biden or his family.
Absolutely they are crooks – though the Biden’s are not even close to the Clinton’s or LBJ in corruption.
The Distinguishing characteristic of the Biden corruption is “Amatuer” – the Clintons did a far better job of right out in the pen political corruption, by openly launfering the corruption through a faux charity.
Regardless, no one is going after the Biden’s now.
Nor should they.
The Targets of Trump’s DOJ and FBI should be those who participated in lawfare and would do it again.
Are those who threaten to sabatoage presidents of both parties if they do not do as they demand.
Joe Biden is no longer a part of that.
While there is little doubt that Republicans COULD impeach Joe Biden, there is no reason they should waste political capitol NOW to do so.
The Biden’s should be refered to Trump’s “Truth and Reconcilliation” commission.
And even there – they are a low priority.
Estovir: it’s not obstructing justice since Hunter: 1. pleaded guilty to tax charges, paid back taxes, interest and penalties; and 2. was convicted in a jury trial of the handgun charges and is awaiting sentencing–in a handgun case that was selectively prosecuted, in which the gun was only in his possession for a short time, was not used to commit any crimes, and is unusual in that such cases are almost never prosecuted unless the gun was used to commit a crime. So, no, Joe Biden did NOT obstruct justice–he prevented Trump and Kash Patel for using his son as a surrogate punching bag–which was the right thing to do regardless of whether Hunter was his son.
But, Trump has obstructed justice–one interlocutory appeal after another for every ruling he lost, every delay tactic in the book to avoid being brought to justice for stealing classified documents, for trying to rig the vote in Georgia and for starting the insurrection–all biding his time, then a campaign based on racism, lies, misogyny, xenophobia and empty promises.
Oh-oh, here she comes
watch out, boy, she’s a MAGA eater
Oh-oh, here she comes
The woman is wild, ooh-ooh
Oh-oh, here she comes (here she comes)
Watch out, boy, watch out, watch out
she’s a MAGA- eater
-Hall & Oates
Except that Gigi is no woman
Very bizarre argument – Everyone – Hunter, Trump, You are entitled to due process.
Hunter has been prosecuted by Joe Biden’s DOJ – Not Trump’s.
Neither Matt Gaetz nor Jim Comer are running the DOJ prosecution of Hunter.
The Judges in these cases are reasonable Democrats. The Tax Case was being tried in California.
Hunter and his lawyers have made every possible legal argument and filed pretty much the same appeals as Trump
as they are entitled to.
As to the rest of your idiotic claims regarding Trump,
Nov. 5th was the largest Jury Trial in Human history and Trump was ACQUITTED of not only the criminal charges that you cite,
but of being a fascist, nazi, hitler, threat to democracy, ….
The majority of voters picked the person you claim is the end of the world nazi.
Tens of millions of voters REFUSED to come out and vote AGAINST the person YOU claim is the end of the world.
Bother voters and non-voters determined that you are a LIAR.
Gigi, Hunter Plead guilty to tax charges – once Joe was no longer on the ballot.
No his did NOT pay back taxes, interest, and penalties – DOJ/IRS were obstructed and the most serious of the Tax charges were allowed to lapse.
You are correct this would have gone differently had Hunter not been Joes son.
No one would have given him millions for influence that he could spend on drugs and prostitutes.
Presuming that some how Hunter managed to commit the crimes he did without selling Joes influence,
Then Hunter would have been charged as a Drug dealer – he bought LARGE amounts of drugs many times and provided them to people at his parties.
That is Drug distribution and that could easily get you a life sentence.
But lets exclude the Drug dealing charges – you are correct – if Hunter was Joe Schmoe – no one would have run interferance for him at IRS, FBI, DOJ and he would have reached a plea deal long ago, gone to jail, served a couple of years time, and been released by now.
No ordinary person would have taken his cases to trial. They would have looked for the best deal they could get.
HUNTER Biden is not, and has never been, a candidate for office. Republicans have tried, and repeatedly failed, to come up with any evidence tying Joe Biden to anything allegedly criminal involving Hunter Biden. Those are facts. You have NO proof that Joe Biden “ran interference” for Hunter–none–so stop lying. If he HAD run interference, Hunter would not have been charged–remember–it was a Republican special counsel. And, if Joe was intending to pardon Hunter, he would have done so long ago.
Gigi,
Two Lawyers in NYC during the BLM riots threw molatov cocktails into occupied police cars.
They received 9months suspended sentences, and they will be able to continue to practice law.
There is not a single J6 defendant that is guilty of Arson or attempted murder, there is not a single J6 defendant guilty of a crime of violence to this degree.
And you want to rant that Hunter Biden is a target of selective prosecution ?
The protestors at the WH in June 2020 – who destroyed a 20ft high security fence to get in,
Who injured far more law enforcement officers than on J6,
Who burned down St. Johns church,
Who threw ROCKS and frozen water bottles at law enforcement.
a FEW were arrested, NONE were prosecuted and SOME won a settlement against the government.
When the J6 protestors are awarded millions from the government – THEN we can debate whether there is selective prosecution.
@Gigi “Estovir: it’s not obstructing justice since Hunter: 1. pleaded guilty to tax charges, paid back taxes, interest and penalties; and 2. was convicted in a jury trial of the handgun charges and is awaiting sentencing”
And just a few hours ago in earlier posts you were claiming that the Republicans had not found any evidence Hunter committed any crimes.
Now you’re posting that he pled guilty to criminal charges and in a separate indictment was convicted in a jury trial by his peers.
Nobody could possibly ever underestimate your incompetence.
Hello Democrat police state fascist Marxist trolls! What about Special Counsel Jack Smith? The one who was previously Obama/Biden’s head of the Public Corruption Division of the DoJ: prosecutor Jack Smith, your favorite political prosecutor.
The one watching from the Obama/Biden DoJ during these years of now pardoned Biden White House crime and doing nothing about that public corruption?
That would be back in the same years when Public Corruption prosecutor Jack Smith was taking out Governor Bob McDonnell as the most dangerous Republican nominee to run against Obama/Biden re-election, taking him out with fraudulent corruption charges.
While the same Prosecutor Jack Smith was ignoring the 170+ Suspicious Activity Reports filed by banks with his DoJ as $30+ MILLION in payments as bribes, access to Biden’s office, money laundering, etc poured into Bribery Biden’s pockets from the ChiComs and Putin.
Jack Smith couldn’t figure out how to prosecute Governor McDonnell and his wife while at the same time prosecuting the Vice President’s son raking in millions from ChiComs and Putin? So he had to choose?
Any of you Democrat trolls got a spare Whataboutism in your pocket?
One you can use to defend your favorite Lavarentiy Beria style “Nobody Is Above The Law” prosecutor allowing all those years of Biden White House Crime to be covered up by Jack Smith’s office and Obama/Biden’s Attorney Generals?
There is no way to challenge this action. If the action is to be challenged, the law must be reviewed and changed. While I do not like this action by President Biden, rather lied purposely knowing he would pardon his son or changed his mind as to the reason for the pardon, the fact is President Biden took an action of using a power given to him by our government and we the people and DOING NOTHING ILLEGAL Goodness President Trump used the very same action to pardon his son-in-laws father in his last administration and then topped it off recently giving Kushner’s father a job in his administration as U.S. Ambassador to France when he takes office in 2025.
Congress and Senate, once again holding all the evidence they could have impeached President Biden, did not do so. So, instead, the American People will pay for one HECK of a HEFTY-YEARLY retirement package at the taxpayer’s expense. People might want to look at both the Republicans and Democrats for their failure not to impeach Biden.
Goodness President Trump used the very same action to pardon his son-in-laws father in his last administration”
False flag commie Whataboutism. From another false flag feckless Anonymous Democrat cowardly commie.,
Where Biden giving a blanket amnesty for all the years of every single crime his son committed lining their pockets with ChiCom and Putin cash while he was in office is EXACTLY like Trump pardoning his father in law for crimes AFTER HIS PRISON SENTENCE WAS COMPLETED.
Crimes that had nothing to do with Trump prior to him entering politics, and which didn’t benefit Trump in the slightest.
Because the commie Democrat Borg world says context and nuance don’t exist in commie world.
But lies of commission, omission, and insinuation are the pillars of commie politics and debate.
Just so you won’t sound ignorant at cocktail parties, FYI, Trump pardoned Kushner’s father 13 years AFTER he had already paid his fines and completed his 2yr sentence. It really made no difference at that point.
This video, can also be found in the Zero Hedge article link below:
https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1863580110793969890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1863580110793969890%7Ctwgr%5E96974dba5aaef378af2d0811f727c55524780279%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fflashback-false-democrat-narrative-respect-rule-law-exposed
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/flashback-false-democrat-narrative-respect-rule-law-exposed
The problem with this line of attack is that – No TODAY americans are not outraged that Joe and Democrats have lied about this.
Why ? Because EVERYONE knew all along this was a lie.
There is no NEW damage to Joe or Democrats,
People determined they were lying about this and many other things long BEFORE the election.
I do not care that Joe Pardoned Hunter – anyone with half a brain KNEW that short of Joe having a stroke and dying first, he would Pardon Hunter before leaving office.
Nor do most of us have a problem with that. We expect that fathers will take care of their prodigal sons.
It is not JOE that is the problem – it is the lies of the rest of the democratic party.
It is also all those protecting Hunter in order to try to keep the stench of corruption a few feet further from Joe.
The problem is not Joe pardoning Hunter.
The problem that remains is that Joe was selling the office of the Vice president of the united states.
“ The problem that remains is that Joe was selling the office of the Vice president of the United States.”
What does that even mean? What exactly was sold? What policy became law as a consequence of “selling” the office. That vague reference shows us nothing. No evidence has ever been presented that shows anything Joe Bidwn did was a crime. That is the singular problem Republicans could not overcome. All they had for evidence was allegations and institutions.
Huh??? Biden cloaked his legacy in infamy by pardoning Hunter??? Let me think about that –
Did Ted Bundy cloak his career in infamy when he killed that last 12-year-old girl in Florida???
I don’t think so. Biden has been a slimy piece of crap for many decades now.
@Floyd
That whole family is a slimy piece of crap. We basically had the mob in the White House for four years, and the people behind the scenes knew it. The Bidens were not the ones pulling the strings; so we needed to eject the modern dem party altogether, and we did. It is so corrupted at this point, it is likely irredeemable. There is no longer an American Democratic Party; just a group of globalists. Unelected aristocrats. Allowing the to remain in power is basically a return to serfdom. In 2024, that is just straight up, f****** absurd. And they can get bent.
I am asking for help from our s@@tlib friends.
What is the ‘correct’ woke position on this issue?
As a Hispanic, I need morally superior, upper middle class, urban s@@tlibs to tell me what I am allowed to think about this issue.
antonio
Antonio,
That is the thing. They think just because they are a celebrity, have money, a big house, a degree, they can lecture to the rest of us to just “Shut up and do as I say!” And then when we have the nerve to say, “No,” they throw a temper tantrum. This, “I am not going to have sex for four years!” is right up there with “I am going to hold my breath!” To which the rest of us sane and normal people say, “Sure, have at it. Whatever.”
@antonio
There is no ‘correct’. Only what they (‘they’ being the modern left, globally) deem acceptable. It’s already clear what you and the majority of the rest of us think about that. I love it when you chime in. Can’t get simpler than that. 😊
Recently Merrick Garland failed to give Hunter Biden this exact same amnesty for not just the crimes he was facing sentencing on, but also for every other crime he committed before that during Daddy Biden’s time in the White House. Trying to give him blanket amnesty and cover from the Attorney General’s office, rather than that amnesty and cover coming from Daddy in the Oval Office. Is any of that incorrect, Professor Turley?
So after Professor Turley’s friend and fellow Democrat lawyer Merrick Garland failed, Biden was forced to expose his filthy Schiff covered criminal Democrat ass to the entire world once again to save Sonny from the criminal sentences.
So… if normal people believe this total blanket amnesty, rather than selective commuting of the two upcoming sentences, what could be worse? A similar blanket amnesty for Guest Democrat Voters?
What are the chances that Bribery Biden announces a blanket amnesty for every single Guest Democrat Voter i.e. Illegal Alien now in America that he and Bolshevik Barack invited and encouraged to come here and then allowed to enter the country?
Biden wouldn’t issue a blanket amnesty for every single crime committed by every single Illegal Alien here in the USA, would he?
What would be the status of those 30+ million Illegal Aliens be after such an amnesty erasing all of their crimes that began with illegally entering the country?
It would be a crime to remain here beyond the limit of 180 days for tourists from Canada, Europe, etc who don’t have a visa, wouldn’t it? They would have 180 days of tourism to enjoy?
When Trump takes office he should instruct the entire executive branch to collect and publish by March 31 all information about the Biden crime family. This should include information held by the DoJ, FBI, CIA, NSA and State Department, to name just a few. In addition, Comer should revisit all his document requests and reiterate those that remain outstanding and make sure the missing documents are obtained and published. Investigation and transparency are more important at this point than prosecutions. The public must see the Biden corruption in all its infamy.
Daniel: no matter how many times Mark Levin says “Biden Crime Family” it’s still a lie. Why do you believe this lie when Republicans have head hearings for years and called dozens of witnesses and came up with squat?
Trump isn’t in office officially but he is already making progress and got folk shook. https://shorturl.at/3NPtp
PS: Biden didn’t want Trump to pardon Hunter because he did not want 47 to show the world he was a bigger man.
* It’s truest RICO. It’s a mafia run by Don Obama.
Outrage, disgust, appalling… truly sorry for the elderly and infirm that they can’t get the hell out.
Shameful on the world stage. Just say your Canadian if asked.
* It’s like aversion therapy isn’t it. Transgenders on the WH lawn topless, people with posterior exposed everywhere and in your face, Rachel Levine and hideous Bruce Jenner, trashing Easter, Christmas and all else sacred, breaking every law that can be broken. Why did Harris lose? The Nungaray child and Laken Riley and Ashley Babbitt and babies at the border with sticky notes and 320 thousand children missing some say be slaughtered like animals for organs.
I never want to see your face again, Joe Biden.
Turley seems pretty bothered by the fact that presidents can just issue pardons for pretty much anything, even for themselves. No matter how much he complains or talks about it being unethical, there’s not much anyone can do about it—even Trump.
Trump and his supporters are frustrated because they know there’s no real way to challenge it. This isn’t anything new. It’s definitely strange, but that doesn’t make it illegal or unjustified. We all know Trump will insist on the same right, and Turley will be right there giving his approval, just like always.
Trump will not hesitate to use his pardon power, and he will probably do it with the same unethical motives.
Trump and his supporters are frustrated . . .
Not at all. You’re only thinking at the surface level. I’m a Trump supporter and I’m actually elated (as are other Trump supporters such as Raheem Kassam) because JB has given Trump a fantastic political hand to play in getting his appointees confirmed and keeping his campaign promises vis-à-vis the deep state. I’m not going to explain why because for people who think even one level below the surface it’s obvious. But you can google it if you’re confused as to what I mean.
As for Biden’s intent: obviously his main goal is to do what all mafia bosses do – look out for the family above trivial things such as party affiliation. But his secondary goal has to be to help Trump. This pardon is another big middle finger in the face of the powers that sunk his (Biden’s) candidacy. If you don’t believe me, ask yourself why he (a) wore a Trump 2024 hat, (b) called Trump supporters “garbage” knowing it would help Trump in the election, and (c) was beaming with happiness and jubilation after Trump won – e.g., in his Oval Office meeting, among several other occasions.
OldManFromKS,
Well said! I too and I know a number of others who are very happy and elated by Trumps win, his appointments, the energy, watching how the world has reacted. It has been great! Now, I am leery of what traps the Biden admin may have laid or what efforts the Deep State will take to thwart Trump’s second admin. We must remain strong, and united in our support of Trump.
The polls are showing strong support for Trump and his picks post election.
The question is not whether people are happy with the administration that results from this election,
But whether come January they will deliver
WE are seeing MANY strong signs – not just from appointments,
But from the responses throughout the world.
Trump excusing J6ers is in no way in even the same ballpark as what Hunter and Joe have done. Hundreds of thousands of lives lost in Ukraine to keep the illegal grift going, and who knows what state secrets Biden and Hunter sold to China? The entire thing smacks of treason, plus he has betrayed the American taxpayer by sending hundreds of billions of dollars to Ukraine in furtherance of his grifting, and much of that money found its way back to Pelosi, Schiff, and RINOs in the Senate. In return, taxpayers had to stand by and watch their country be overrun by illegal criminals and you just know Joe and his criminal gang were being paid off by the cartels to keep the border open. Taxpayers, meanwhile, were being stiffed once again by Biden as he mandated the illegal criminals get $5,000 debit cards, food stamps, monthly stipends, free education, free health care, sex change operations, and free flights wherever they wanted to go. Lynching would be an appropriate punishment for what this criminal has done to the country he supposedly ‘loves.’
Turley seems pretty bothered by the fact that presidents can just issue pardons for pretty much anything
George is in the throes of an orgy today of getting his sexual satisfaction by repeatedly coming here to insult his host and and the rest of us with George’s pathetic lies of commission, omission, and insinuation.
There’s enough stupidity and putrid emanating from George to fully equip half a dozen of his fellow Democrat Marxist Useful Idiots who also have those holes in the middle of their faces spewing their special blend of Bull Schiff.
Aside from some spin and mind reading I agree.
I have some legal and constitutional complaints about blanket pardons.
I do not beleive that the constitution empowers the president to pardon people for unspecified crimes.
I do not beleive Biden can do that.
I do not beleive Trump can do that.
Regardless, I am not surprised that Joe Pardoned Hunter. I am surprised he did not issue a blanket pardon for himself and his family – but that could be coming.
I expect Trump to pardon 99% of J6 protestors. But I HOPE he does not pul one of these stupid blanket pardons.
Trump must pardon each person individually, and either of specific crimes or of all crimes associated with specific acts.
Regardless the question regarding the legitimacy of blanket pardons is a legal and constitutional question.
NOT a Trump/Biden question.
There should be ZERO doubt, that whatever pardon power Biden has Trump has.
Separately – I am aware of FEW republicans frustrated by this.
Only a very few people expected the investigation and prosecution of Biden to continue after he dropped out (or was defeated).
While there is no doubt that Joe is a Crook, must of us – Trump supporters included want the entire Biden family to quietly disappear to Delaware.
Frankly I think the Democrats want that too.
I would not mind a quiet further investigation into the Biden Family corruption – not for the purpose of prosecuting, but to establish the corruption for all and to seek to thwart it in the future.
But I DO want consequences for those in DOJ FBI IRS, … who were abusing power and obstructing justice in this case.
“I expect Trump to pardon 99% of J6 protestors. But I HOPE he does not pul one of these stupid blanket pardons.
Trump must pardon each person individually, and either of specific crimes or of all crimes associated with specific acts. ”
Agree. There needs to be a complete list compiled, and the evidence of actual *serious* crimes needs to be assessed. Anyone convicted for such a crime on J6 should be exempted from pardon. From what I have read, I seriously doubt that more than 1 – 2% of those convicted would fall into that category. Considering the obvious persecution of those defendants, any doubt should be resolved to their benefit. Frankly, if I had to choose between no pardons for J6 participants, and a blanket pardon for all, I would choose the latter, in a heartbeat. Our society has far more to fear if those exercising their 4th A. right to assemble and seek redress of grievances may be convicted and imprisoned on a government whim than from turning a handful of thugs loose.
And with the stroke of a pen, lame duck President Biden just handed the incoming Senate majority all the ammunition they needed to confirm President Trump’s nominees. It will be most interesting to watch anyone opposed to Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe, Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem and Tom Homan question (attack) their qualifications to lead their respective agencies towards restoring their commitment for equal justice, respect for the rule of law, a security of rights, constitutionally-limited government, accountability and national security.
So, you’re saying this is a fair payback? Seems a bit petty, to be honest. Trump’s picks are still going to get a lot of attention, and Pete Hagseth doesn’t look like a guaranteed win for confirmation. He’s caught up in some serious sex scandals, even worse than Gaetz’s. Just like last time, Trump’s team is probably going to have constant changes once the policies and mandates don’t work out and start overreaching.
So, you’re saying this is a fair payback?
Huh? Kash Patel recently posted on X; It is the honor of a lifetime to be nominated by President Trump to serve as Director of the FBI. Together, we will restore integrity, accountability, and equal justice to our justice system and return the FBI to its rightful mission: protecting the American people.
If that’s what you consider “fair payback”, then so be it. Petty? No. Necessary? Absolutely!
So, you’re saying this is a fair payback? Seems a bit petty, to be honest.
George, you wouldn’t know the meaning of ‘honest’ if a pack of it finally caught up with you and started chewing on your slimy Marxist Confederate ass.
Honesty, character, principle, adulthood and basic human intelligence have been chasing you your entire life and you’re still easily staying well in front of them.
If and when you ever actually stumble into posting an honest (or fair) comment here, EVERYBODY will notice. And wonder if somebody is posting while using your name.
You keep lying to yourself that justice isn’t bipartisan Nobody Is Above The Law™, but instead is only “fair payback”.
The rest of us will continue mocking you to your Bull Schiff covered lying Marxist face.
George – What is payback for what ?
First – YES, the american people did vote – either at the polls or by their choice NOT to be prodded by claims of fascist and nazi into voting, for Trump’s agenda.
Trump’s supporters demand that. Those who did not vote against Trump did so KNOWING that was likely.
So YES Trump has a mandate.
No Hegseth is not caught up in some relevant scandals.
He is young and he has been a bit of a playboy.
He has cheated on wives and girlfriends.
Sounds like your typical democrat.
Regardless, Do you honestly think Hegseth is the only person for the job ?
Do you think Trump can not find someone to run DOD that will follow his Platform and de wokify the military and get it ready to do its actual job ?
I have no idea what you mean by constant changes.
While Trump’s actual platform WILL WORK, much of it requires Republicans in congress and I doubt Trump can get congress to go all in on the platform.
So we will see cuts to government – but not as big as Musk wants.
Tarrifs have ALWAYS been a bargaining tool. Trump is not yet president and the threat is ALREADY working.
I do not expect massive new tarrifs – but I do expect Trade that is less disadvantageous to americans.
Or other concessions – such as Mexico closing the southern border.
It is near certain congress will approve funding for the southern wall – that will get built.
We are not going to deport 11-21M illegals or more.
It is likely we WILL deport about 1M/year.
We still have inflation issues – that is a Problem with the FED. There is just too much money floating arround, and the FED keeps buying US debt.
But otherwise the Economy is pregnant. Get rid of the stupid chains that Biden etc put on it and we can expect it will take off.
The markets Rose BEFORE Trump was elected on the expectation of a Wave election – which they got.
The economic impact of returning to Trump era regulation rather than that of Biden is about $1t/yr on the economy.
The only thing that has EVER been needed for Peace in Ukraine is a president willing to negotiate a deal.
It is likely that Israel will have crushed Hamas and Hezbola before Trump takes office, Regardless, Trump will cuttoff Iran’s money and that will reduce conflict in the mideast.
What is it that you do not expect to work out ?
I saw a video on Twitter/X where Patel stated if he were the FBI Director, he would close the FBI HQ on Day 1, order the employees to work as cops on the streets throughout America (because they are all cops), and convert the former FBI HQ on Day 2 as a museum of history of the deep state.
The reaction of the usual Left wing cultists on MSNBC, CNN, et al? priceless!
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Send those 7,000 agents in the headquarters building downrange to chase down rapists, murderers, and drug traffickers
Kash Patel: Shut Down The FBI’s Hoover Building And Turn It Into “Museum Of The Deep State”
Estovir, Patel also stated in a recent interview: You need like 20 people in a skiff to run the FBI. The other 7,000 agents that are sitting in that building should be chasing criminals around America, not distorting statistics about January 6 so Chris Ray can go to Congress and lie and say, ‘Domestic violent terrorism is on the rise.
“convert the former FBI HQ on Day 2 as a museum of history of the deep state. ”
I’d like to see him also shut down the Oklahoma FBI office. I do not approve of McVeigh’s stupid bombing, but that act, and the building itself, is caught up in the legacy of the complete disregard of Constitutional rights of those people, and the murder of 78 citizens, including 12 children, that took place in Mt Carmel, Texas on April 19, 1993. Vacating that building might help finally put that matter to rest.
Gee, Olly, I know that MAGA media told you that Biden pardoning Hunter means that all of the unqualified, dangerous and inexperienced syncophants just somehow HAVE to be confirmed–but that’s not true at all. You obviously don’t understand that it is the role of Senators to vet cabinet appointees, guided by what is in the best interests of the American people–Biden has nothing to do with it. The nomination of Kash Patel to head the FBI, and his radical agenda changed Biden’s mind–he KNOWS that Patel would do everything possible to ruin Hunter just to get at him because he has spouted off about using the resources of our government to “get” Trump’s perceived enemies. Biden KNOWS that Hunter wouldn’t be safe if he was incarcerated. And, Republicans have made noises that they’re going to look for more ways to go after Hunter–all of which is to punish Biden because he beat Trump in 2016, and has done a marvelous job of turning around the disaster Trump left. So, Biden changed his mind and decided to pardon Hunter. It was the right decision, given the radical, inexperienced and unqualified syncophantic toadies who have been proposed to head agencies.
Olly: what drugs do you take when you dare to claim that Trump will “restore commitment for equal justice, respect for the rule of law, a security of rights, constitutionally-limited government, accountability and national security”? None of these words has any earthly applicability to Donald J. Trump, who has burnished a well-earned bad reputation for being a cheater, liar and all-around a-hole.
Trump:
1. is a convicted felon–for falsifying business records to cover up liaisons with women; the records WERE falsified; MAGA media is lying when they say that “legal expenses” include payoffs to nude models and porn actresses–they do not.
2. stole from his charitable foundation–had to repay the money and pay a $2 million fine.
3. was found liable of fraud over Trump University–forced to pay $25 million to those he defrauded.
4. was adjudicated liable for sexual assault and defamation (twice).
5. stole classified documents, refused to return them, lied about returning all of them and forced the NARA to obtain a search warrant. While these documents were in his possession, there is no way to determine whose hands these documents might have fallen into.
6. started an insurrection because his fragile ego cannot handle the truth that he lost in 2016–as a result several people died, Capitol Police officers were battered, the Capitol building sustained millions of dollars in damage, and one of his fans, who believed his lies, was shot trying to force her way into the Speaker’s Lobby.
7. tried to bully Secretaries of State to falsify vote counts by awarding him votes he did not receive. He got fake electors to falsify Electoral College documents claiming he had won the popular vote when he had not.
Each of these things are factually true, and galaxies away from ” commitment for equal justice, respect for the rule of law, a security of rights, constitutionally-limited government, accountability and national security.” Trump is and has always been a crook.
Gigi, “legal expense” is not a defined term. These expenses could literally be any “legal” expense. They weren’t illegal expenses. Furthermore, the payment was for an NDA. We have no proof of anything that you have stated, Funds used to pay an NDA could absolutely be a “legal expense”. This is not the same thing as calling it Attorney’s Fees. Trump can categorize these expenses in any way he wishes. Do seriously think that illegality hinged upon whether he labeled his internal expenses “legal expenses” vs. just “expenses”? This is one of the many reasons this case won’t survive appeal and also why no one brings stand alone cases of records falsification. It’s completely absurd. He could label his expenses, “Tuna Fish Sandwich”, it wouldn’t be a crime if he had eaten roast beef instead.
Tom: no. Payments as damages or to settle a case are NOT handled or reported the same as fees paid to an attorney. The fees paid to an attorney are taxable to the attorney as income. Monies paid to settle a case are not taxable if they are for injuries or sickness–they are taxable if they represent compensation for lost wages. According to “The Tax Advisor”: ” In general, damages received as a result of a settlement or judgment are taxable to the recipient. However, certain damages may be excludable from income if they represent, for example, gifts or inheritances, payment for personal physical injuries, certain disaster relief payments, amounts for which the taxpayer previously received no tax benefit, cost reimbursements, recovery of capital, or purchase price adjustments. Damages generally are taxable as ordinary income if the payment relates to a claim for lost profits, but they may be characterized as capital gain (to the extent the damages exceed basis) if the underlying claim is for damage to a capital asset.”
No, it’s not illegal to purchase someone’s silence, but it is illegal to misrepresent payments to silence someone as legal fees, especially if the motivation was to hide the truth from the voters–which is what the evidence established. Trump said that after the Access Hollywood tape became public, he had to do damage control because women would find his comments objectionable.
If you actually followed the case, you would know that Trump issued a 1099 to cohen so your entire rant is irrelevant
Anonymous – one of the reasons that this nonsense did not work is because most people do not see something they see as a crime.
Hunter paid millions for drugs and prositutes. He cheated on his taxes.
Trump allegedly called payments to a lawyer for a perfectly legitimate NDA legal expenses.
Most people do not know that the FASB has no catagory for “hush money”
But they do understand that calling payments to a lawyer a legal expense is not a crime.
Gee Gee, you remain as ever the most deranged commenter on this blog. The world is littered with broken clocks more accurate than you.
Amen, brother. Most deranged and least insightful.
Gigi is here to lie for the victory: “Gee, Olly, I know that MAGA media told you that Biden pardoning Hunter means that all of the unqualified, dangerous and inexperienced syncophants just somehow HAVE to be confirmed”
Can Gigi say that special name of that special Bribery Biden nominee who was confirmed? The one always in the news whenever it’s about his wars? Secretary of State Anthony Blinken?
That would be the Obama and then Biden sycophant who was completely qualified to engineer and line up “51 intelligence experts” to lie to Americans before the 2020 presidential debate that the Biden Bribery Laptop should be ignored and dismissed because it was only ‘Russian election disinformation’.
The reward? SHA-ZAAAMMM!!! “You are the PERFECT new Secretary of State!”
Anthony Blinken who deceived Gigi so perfectly that she’s still repeating those lies. Proving he is completely qualified to be Secretary of State. And Gigi in turn is completely qualified to recognize the unqualified, the dangerous, and the inexperienced sycophants.
The Anthony Blinken who as SecState has gone on bended knee before the ChiComs as they floated spy balloons over America.
The Anthony Blinken that went into hiding, sharing Hunter Biden’s crackpipe while Putin spent weeks preparing for a second invasion of Ukraine.
The Anthony Blinken who told Americans that Biden deserting hundreds of Americans to Taliban terrorists along with Afghanistan and enough weaponry to equip a small NATO nation was good for Americans.
Gigi, why are you here to get your share of sexual satisfaction from trolling and lying to your host Professor Turley? Why don’t you, Dennis, and George pool your welfare checks and go rent a cheap hotel room?
Your extensive dildo collection is once again faking dead batteries to avoid having anything to do with you? This is all you’ve got?
Gigi, you festering disease ridden political whore: you will always hold the title of Democrat Fire Ho Of Lies.
Zero credibility… so we know why you’re here.
Gigi, The senate is not obligated to confirm Trump appointees. But I doubt there will be much in the way of problems.
Democrats do not have the power to stop Trump appointments – Not even with the support of Collins and Murkowski.
I strongly suspect that Thune and Republicans will give Trump the opportunity to make recess appointments – that will allow Trump to hit the road running.
I suspect that getting Gaetz to bow out was part of that.
Hegseth may be asked to withdrawl for similar reasons – so that there are no appointments that cause the Senate to balk at allowing Trump to appoint his entire cabinet in one large recess appointments.
Recess appointments can only serve until Dec 2026, But that is enough to get started.
The other reason to allow Trump to move ahead with recess appointments is to avoid tying up the Senate confirming cabinet appointments right now.
There is too much else to do – legislation, funding, judicial appointments.
But you are correct that if Thune wants to force all Trump’s appointees through confirmation – he can. Few will have any difficulty.
You do not seem to grasp that your Dislike of them does NOT translate to incompetence. You are correct that nearly all are committed to the GOP platform.
But that is what Voters wanted.
Elections have consequences.
With respect to the rest of your nonsense.
a month ago voters cast a verdict on your nonsense.
They decided that you are a liar.
You had your chance with the 2024 election to sell all of this nonsense – and you tried your damnest and only left wing nuts bought it.
Harris lost tend of millions of votes from Biden in 2020.
As critical as I have been of Harris’s campaign – that is NOT why she lost. She ran a pretty good campaign.
One of the problems democrats can not grasp is that winning an election requires much more than just spending the most money and running the best campaign.
Voters must beleive you – it is NOT that voters did not beleive Harris.
They made it CLEAR – they do not believe DEMOCRATS, the left, the media, you.
This was not a Trump sweep, this was a GOP sweep.
And Voters rejected all your idiotic claims as lies.
You can keep shilling them – but very few are listening.
This is NOT 2017. There is no collusion delusion scandal that is going to occupy the nation for 4 years.
You can expect to see – and are already seeing, lots of international deals in short order.
The border is already being closed – By Mexico at Trump’s request.
The bad guys in the mideast are already weeking Peace – because the sherrif is coming.
There has never been a problem ending the bloodshed in Ukraine – except having a US president willing to negotiate a deal.
Trump is already talking to Kim Il again – and that is a big deal. Russia is only still in the conflict because NK is delivering about 3M artilery shells a year to Ukraine in return for Food.
I am sure Trump can arrange to send food to NK in return for NOT sending Russia shells.
Russia has had massive damage to its Energy sector. It will take Russia 2 decades to rebuild that on its own – possibly longer facing sanctions.
US companies can rebuild Russia’s energy sector in about a year. That is hundreds of Billions in money for Russia.
Putins demands a have always been Simple – No NATO countries on its border. That can be accomplished.
Crimea and the Donbas are set up as autonomous for a decade and then they can vote to Join Ukraine or Russia – it is near certain that Crimea especially will ultimately end up part of Ukraine, and Russia is unlikely to fight for that as this war has made it clear that Russia can not control the Black Sea – with or without Crimea.
Regardless there will be a peace deal.
It is self evident to all but the morons on the left that Russia is a paper tiger.
While it is near certain that NATO nations will significantly upgrade their military in the next decade – for many reasons including Russia.
It is also clear that Russia CAN NOT restore the Warsaw Pact. If Russia can not manage to defeat Ukraine – what chance fo they have against Poland ? Germany, France, the UK ?
Regardless we will see a return of relative peace shortly.
We will see an end to the sea of illegal immigrants accross the southern border.
We will return quickly to dismantling Biden’s new regulations and you should see a quick $1T spike in the economy from that alone.
The next 4 years will mostly be spent with You, the View, Democrats, and the MSM bemoaning and trying to hold back Trump’s efforts to cut government spending.
You likely wil succeed – as in Muck is not going to get the massive cuts he would make. But you will fail in that government will be cut, or at the very least growth in government will be reduced below growth in the economy.
While that will take time to have an impact – if we could FREEZE government Growth right now – in a decade, our serious fiscal problems would be manageable again, and the economy would be booming.
I have repeatedly said you were correct in claiming that the US has the best economy in the world.
And wrong to claim that was a good economy.
Soon we will not only have the best economy in the world – but an actually good one.
Trumps platoform is ambitious – and Republicans should deliver on it.
But just as I said in 2021 regarding Biden – All Trump has to do in 2025 is Not F$%K up. He can lose many many fights.
He just needs to NOT spend trillions we do not have bringing inflation back.
Slow illegal crossings to a trickle, and end the policies that brought war to the world.
Those are easy.
And will be easier still in 2025.
Because as this election ahs shown.
No one is listening to you to the left to the MSM.
You can call Trump a criminal a felon a Nazi for the next 4 years. No one cares.
This election was critically important – not just because of who won.
But because those of you on the left cheated in every possible way – and still lost.
Either voters beleived you – and elected Hiltler, or the no longer beleive you (or those missing Biden voters never existed).
Either way – you are irrelevant.
You will not be able to do as you did in 2017.
The people do not care what you say.
Look at the bright side, Hunter is still on Santa’s naughty list, and moreover, he’s committed another 17 federal crimes since his pardon.
In addition to the above, the Babylon Bee this morning is reporting several other developments:
– Biden reverses course and declares that some people are, in fact, above the law
– Many Americans are now starting to think this ‘Joe Biden’ guy might be a liar
– The FBI is warning that the Kash Patel appointment could jeopardize the agency’s efforts to keep the Epstein list hidden from the public
– Excited lobbyists are lining up outside of the Capitol for doorbuster deals on Congressmen
– “Don’t let anyone take your power,” a tipsy Aunt Kamala tells confused five-year-olds at the Thanksgiving kids’ table
– California raised the theft limit to $1,200 so that families can afford to shoplift their Thanksgiving dinner
– Trump met with Justin Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago to renew relations with the Castro regime
– Musk will require all new regulations to fit within 280 characters
– Bibi Netanyahu is asking Hezbollah fighters to wait by their pagers for an update on the ceasefire deal
And . . . as for that first thanksgiving in 1621, some things your kid won’t learn in school:
– The Patriots defeated the Redskins 42-3 in football
– The pilgrims, though hungry, passed on the Indians’ marshmallow jello salad
– French settlers in Canada got the date wrong and celebrated a month early
– The Indians were suspicious of the hot dish labeled “smallpox”
– A scandal erupted when it was revealed that the pilgrims’ potato salad was store-bought
– Several pilgrims ended up dying of starvation when they got tired of leftover turkey sandwiches
– The pilgrim husbands did their part by not going into the kitchen so they wouldn’t be in the way
Priceless. A worthy list and extremely funny.
ROFL
You ain’t seen nothing yet. Wait till he pardons the entire biden family for anything they have ever done or plan to do for the next ten years.