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.”
* The power to pardon is some powerful power. Power. It may be better than exective orders.
Why do I feel like I’m playing a board game? If I were a superhero what would be my power? The power to pardon of course!
^^^ Your crimes are pardoned, my son.
The Pope of DC.
* ^ elegant. Author, author!
Trump must now blanket-pardon every J-6 political prisoner. After Biden’s pardon anything less would be an injustice. I believe Trump realizes that and will act accordingly on 1/20/25.
Yes, old man, the pardon seeks to correct an injustice. The power rests in the conscience of a single, honorable president. Humbling isn’t it.
The power rests in the Chief executive – whether they are honorable or not.
Nor does it have anything to do with conscience.
Nor is Biden’s use of the Pardon Power Humbling.
Contra most left posters here – Trump supporters are jubilant.
Biden has given Trump a great gift. Biden has proven he was lying when he said he was not going to pardon Hunter.
Something everyone not completely in the left wing not tank KNEW was a lie.
Republicans are not upset by this – they fully expected it.
No one expects a father to send their only son to Jail.
No one except the myriads of left wing hosts who told us how great Joe Biden was because he would not pardon his son.
it is those left wing nuts in the media that are ranting and pulling their hair out over this.
Further Biden has pushed Hegsoth and Patel out of the news.
Those few MSM hosts with the slightest credibility left are grilling Democrats like Swallwell who repeatedly said this would never happen.
This has provided the opportunity for the IRS whistle blower to speak out again – saying absolutely this was political bias – the WH and DOJ were actively interfering with a normal IRS tax evasion investigation.
Trump has pardons lined up for January. There will be lots of J6 pardons. Trump has promised he will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht – most on the left do not know who that is – but libertarians do. There will likely be a pardon for Julian Assange, and possibly one for Snowden. And there is another Snowden like person who leaked information that the State department was lying about North Korea.
Regardless, Biden’s unbeleivably broad pardon of Hunter give Trump Carte Blanche.
Separately many are noting that Hunter can now be required to testify about anything after 2014 – there is no fifth amendment protection left to him.
Rather than shutting down the Biden investigation this may have made Hunter the star witness.
So much for honerable or cosciencious, or humbling.
* John Say, are you that far from ideals?
“Hegseth Faces Allegations Of Boozing, Partying And Mismanagement Helming Veterans Groups”
Yep, trump sure loves his veterans, doesn’t he?
“We’re not going to comment on outlandish claims laundered through The New Yorker by a petty and jealous disgruntled former associate of Mr. Hegseth’s,” that statement said. “Get back to us when you try your first attempt at actual journalism.”
Biden’s Bolshevik Birthing Boys alternate between hating and fearing nominees like Pete Hegseth who knows they’re nothing but bags of Bull Schiff.
Biden sure loves veterans that got booted from the military for being drug addicts and tranny Admirals who claim to be Chicks With Dicks.
Oh My this is horrible. NO ONE who is not a teetotaler should even hold public office
Actually, the police declined to press charges. Video of the encounter showed Hegseth noticeably drunk, being led off by the smiling alleged victim. There was no sign on video that she was impaired. If the genders had been reversed, Hegseth would have been a sexual assault victim, due to incapacity.
The woman in question was married, and regretted her pursuit of Hegseth after the fact. Making a false allegation like that can cause so much damage.
Simply making an accusation is not, nor should it be, enough to brand anyone a rapist.
Does this underscore why casual sex can be risky, and why having too much fun can bite you later? Absolutely. Hegseth partied like a rock star in his youth, and he’s been married 3 times. He has apparently outgrown his libertine phase.
Apparently, the Left espouses sexual freedom, except for a political conservative. Then it becomes Puritanical.
Hegseth was not charged. His past would be thoroughly investigated for clearance.
And, yes, Trump does love veterans.
@Karen S Hegseth partied like a rock star in his youth, and he’s been married 3 times. He has apparently outgrown his libertine phase.
I personally really don’t like people violating their marriage to commit adultery. Whether oath of office or oaths of marriage, they should mean something IMO.
That said, I believe the reporting was Hegseth’s marriage was over and done when this happened You’re single: you aren’t answering to a spouse – you answer to yourself and possibly your faith and your family and friends.
As far as failed marriages go, a LOT of veterans did their deployments and those deployments did their marriages in. It’s a common family tragedy resulting from service; the sad joke is that their ex is the “starter wife”.
Three is a large number of failures. That said, I see him as being hired to do a job, not to fill the role of being a model of probity. My role models are family I personally know. Not politicians, academics, military, police, businessmen, etc.
If he does a good job of cleaning all the rot and cancer out of Defense, then I don’t care if he suddenly becomes the next Admiral Rachael Levine and starts showing up for work dressed in a black evening gown. Just do the job and do it well.
So, now Trump is saying he thinks he has the same immunity as the president just because he’s the president-elect, and that his felony charges should just go away. It’s kind of odd because he’s not actually the president yet, and only a sitting president has that kind of immunity. Until he gets sworn in, he’s not as untouchable as he seems to think.
Funny that though the FEC even fined Hillary Clinton for mislabeling campaign expenses as “Legal Services” on her official submittals, the state of New York never prosecuted her for committing the same felonies that Trump was found guilty of: NY Penal Law 175.10, and NY Election Law 17-152. It’s almost as if Hillary was above the law or something.
So, now Trump is saying he thinks he has the same immunity as the president
Serial liar George is back with what is his… fourth?… lying Deuce of the day.
George is always dreaming of some inappropriate touching of some kind or other that might help him get off.
The Grotesque G’s, George and Gigi, would be happier if they pooled their money and got a cheap hotel room.
Trumps charges should go away because they are bogus.
Regardless it is NOt that he NOW has immunity, it is that Merchan allowed testimony that was covered by immunity that he had while president during the trial.
But then Merchan violated Trump’s civil rights right and left.
The only question regarding this case is precisely which errors will result in its getting tossed.
Further this case is an indictiment of Democrats, of Bragg, Of Merchan and of NYC – that you idiots
are so drowning in TDS that you think that listing payments to a lawyer in PRIVATE records, as a “legal espense” is a lie, a fraud can be leveraged into an unspecified fellony
Not a lie – legal expenses is a legitimate accounting catagory according to FASB and GASB standards – “hush money” is not.
Not fraud – fraud REQUIRES tangible harm to others – as SCOTUS (RBG) has said – Fraud is a property crime – something tanible of value must be taken by deception.
What would that be ?
And you are clueless as to what the alleged follow on crime is – it was never indicted, never charged. Bragg can not even provide evidence of another crime without charging it first.
Just another of your lawless nonsense.
Regardless on Nov. 5th 2024 the largest jury verdict in history came in – Not Guilty.
You don’t matter anymore
The felony convictions will be overturned, because there never was a law that required an NDA to be reported as a campaign contribution to oneself. Joe Biden certainly did not report any expenses for denying the veracity of the Hunter Biden laptop as campaign contributions to himself.
It was also not election interference to believe that voter fraud took place, and to say that you don’t need to ferret out all voter fraud, just enough to count. Trump never told anyone to fake ballots. It’s not like a Trump truck showed up at midnight with thousands of mail in ballots, suddenly found, filled out for Trump.
Also, a sitting president cannot be tried. Otherwise, frivolous charges could effectively sabotage every single president. The case was manufactured, and couldn’t possibly be concluded prior to Jan 25.
The only thing that bothers me about the pardon, is that now we will never know who the Big Guy is, the one who got 10% of any deals. 🙂
The BIG Guy was gazillionaire Obama.
Floyd, I watched enough of that to get the gist. Made me want to barf.
All those leftist propagandists carrying water for Biden now look like chumps. They can’t be happy about that
But they don’t get one iota of sympathy from me. Prostitutes every one of them. F them all.
They “Big Guy” did not get 10% of any deals. I know where that idea came from, and it’s completely without any basis. Trump, as is his wont, half-heard something, misunderstood it, leaped to an unwarranted conclusion, and said something which immediately became the Word of God to his worshipers.
The Big Guy was obviously Joe, and we know from Hunter’s laptop that his cut of the bribes Hunter collected for him was FIFTY percent, not ten. Which, considering that they were HIS bribes, not Hunter’s, seems very generous to me. I don’t know what a bagman’s usual cut is, but I doubt it’s as high as 50%.
The 10% comes from a deal Hunter was part of, in which a company would be established, and the shares would be distributed among those involved. 10% of the shares in that company were to be held by Hunter in trust for the “Big Guy”, since obviously it wouldn’t do to give him the shares officially.
Hilarious montage of media praising Joe Biden for saying he would never pardon Hunter!
https://x.com/DogRightGirl/status/1863567270921798142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1863567270921798142%7Ctwgr%5E788f52b462b5bc3e9b44a0a0bc7d19c649c12822%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fflashback-false-democrat-narrative-respect-rule-law-exposed
By issuing a blanket pardon for any crimes Hunter Biden may have committed going back to 2014, President Biden protected his son from getting charged for acting as his father’s bag man, as he went around the globe soliciting millions of dollars from foreign entities in exchange for political favors from his father.
Joe Biden ran a pay to play scheme that enriched his siblings, his son, and himself, and he got away with it. He repeatedly said that “No one is above the law”, while ensuring he and his son were exactly that.
Karen S.—where’s the proof? Why haven’t Republicans been able to come up with any evidence? What were the “political favors “? Do you even have any idea?
Jonathan: There is another of DJT’s picks for his cabinet who is facing some strong confirmation headwinds. It’s Pete Hegseth–DJT’s choice for Defense Secretary. Hegseth is facing scrutiny–not only because he is utterly unqualified for the position– but also for another reason.
It seems Hegseth has a bad habit of sexually abusing women. In 2017 a woman filed a police report saying Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving his hotel room, took her phone and then raped her. The police never filed charges against Hegseth but he later made a financial settlement with the woman and forced her to sign an NDA. Hegseth said he did that because he was afraid the incident might adversely affect his employment as weekend host at Fox if it came to light.
There is someone else who knew about Hegseth’s abuse of women. It’s Penelope Hegseth, Pete’s mother. In 2018 she sent an email to her son in which she stated: “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years). As your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth”. Penelope has now tried to back peddle–claiming the email was sent “in anger, with emotion” and now claims everything she said in 2018 to her son was untrue. Just curious. Why would Penelope wait 6 years to try to correct the record? Maybe it’s because some one from the DJT transition team got to Penelope and “suggested” she come forward to defend her son?
DJT made a fundamental error. He thought in his intoxication from winning the election he could push through his Cabinet nominees while no one was watching–and do it way before the normal nomination process occurs around Jan. 3 when Congress comes back–and do it without FBI background checks. But the press is doing its work a month early by fully investigating nominees like Matt Gaetz and now Pete Hegseth. So at least we still have the free press to do the dirty work of exposing DJT’s disastrous picks.
Now the Q is why DJT would pick some one with no qualifications to run the largest military in the world and with so much baggage? There’s the simple answer. DJT wants people who will be utterly loyal and with whom he shares some personal affinity. DJT is an adjudicated rapist who cheated on his wives. Why wouldn’t he want someone, like Pete Hegseth, with a similar background to be in his Cabinet? Makes perfect sense.
No. It doesn’t seem that at all. What it seems like is yet another Kavanaugh BS story. Besides the PROVABLY FALSE SA claim (hotel lobbies have cameras and she was hot-to-trot) there is nothing there.
Nor is DJT an adjudicated rapist. He was never charged, tried or convicted. The DEFAMATION TRIAL was a sham where the judge said, for the purpose of the trial, we will presume she is telling the truth. Trump has always denied the claims and the defamation was about him denying the cliams. Literally. In fact, Trump has denied he has even met the woman. So he was gulity because she made up a story and 9 stupid people fell for it.
Worse, the State of New York specifically changed the law so she could sue him as the statute of limitations had expired years before. One more instance of Democrats abusing the legal system to get Trump. Kicking him off ballots. Going after him for fake valuations (which weren’t fake, btw, his property at Mar A Lago is worth at least $250 million, possibly more, but 9 stupid people who know nothing of accounting, personal financial statements or real estate can easily be fooled).
So while I am no Trump fan (and wrote in my brother for President) I can see the truth of the matter because it’s obvious. So, maybe you should use your brain for more than stopping the draft between your ears.
Worse, the State of New York specifically changed the law so she could sue him […] One more instance of Democrats abusing the legal system to get Trump.
That is not true. Not even close to the truth. It’s a total lie that Trump worshipers repeat as dogma.
The one-year extension of the statute of limitations had NOTHING TO DO with Trump. None of the people lobbying for it for years, or the legislators who eventually approved it, had any idea that Trump would be one of the hundreds of people who would be sued.
Oh, Look! A squirrel!
Dennis – you do not seem to have gotten the message a month ago.
Your not relevant.
The people – including those who did not vote decided that You, the left, Democrats, the MSM are all liars.
Joe Rogan is more important than the entire MSM.
People are not listening to you.
Will Hegseth get confirmed ? I do not know. Nor do I care much.
If he is not – Trump will find another to fill his shoes.
I was OK with Geatz as AG, I am OK with Bondi.
Who besides Hegseth do you think will have any trouble ?
If I were to speculatie. I would guess that Trump will ask Hegseth to withdraw, and in return Thune will allow Trump to push the rest of the cabinet through as recess appointments.
But that is just mu Guess.
I would separately note that Polls show more than 56% of the country approve of Trump’s appointments.
That Generally people are relieved and happy after the election.
That a dark cloud has been lifted over the country.
Few people are paying attention to the details of Trump appointments – that is inside baseball.
But they DO expect Trump will deliver on his platform – and he ALREADY is.
While your nonsense about hegseth is delusional – the police investigated and did not prosecute.
I beleive this event was in CA – no Missourri. Do you really think that blue state cops quickly dropped an investigation of Hegseth ?
Hegseth is a playboy – people know that. He cheated on wives and girlfriends.
But the rape claim does not fly. Hegseth was drinking – NOT his married companion. She came willingly to his room.
Then had buyers remorse when she realized she could not explain 4AM to her family staying in the same hotel.
But rant and rave about Hegseth if you want. There is no doubt he is a playboy.
Collins and Murkowski can vote against him if they want.
He can be voted in or out, or Trump can withdrawl him, and find someone else. There is not a shortage of people with the credentials to dewokify the DOD and get our Military back to work.
But most of all – YOU do not matter any more.
You, democrats The MSM, the VIew, Maddow, Stelter, NYT Wapo, … have all been deemed liars.
No one is listening. This is not 2017.
You are not going to be able to shill a hoax that will consume the nation for 4 years.
We are all tired of left wing nut lies – voters – non-voters are tired.
“You don’t matter anymore”
https://youtu.be/umPKhs17DmE
John Say,
Another epic take down of Dennis! Well done!
The Secretary of Defense utterly unqualified for the job was draft avoider Darth Cheney — Baby Liz had arrived just in time. Hegseth served both in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jonathan: There is another of DJT’s picks for his cabinet who is facing some strong confirmation headwinds.
If Dennis didn’t use his name, we would think that was posted by the serial liar from the Justice Kavanaugh confirmation hearings: Christine Blasey-Ford. That would be the one who testified under oath she didn’t want to testify because she was housebound because of terror of flying… but in the meantime jetted all over the world to go on spendy vacations.
Dennis McIntyre has lurid sexual fantasies that the gales of Bull Schiff that spew out of that Democrat anus in the middle of his face are going to be his “strong confirmation headwinds”.
Dennis’s predictions are about as bright as Hunter Biden showing up dressed as a horny drag queen at a canoeing camp for Jewish kids.
Now that Hunter effectively has blanket immunity, could he be compelled to testify against his father and uncle?
Now that Hunter effectively has blanket immunity, could he be compelled to testify against his father and uncle?
Yes, and this blanket amnesty hasn’t accomplished a single thing. The Crackhead Kid could have been compelled to testify under the threat of prison if he refused in the alternative circumstances.
If his sentence was a slap on the wrist fine or a couple of months in prison, the end result would be the same.
At EOS he would be the same as he is now after the massive blanket pardon: low hanging Democrat rotten criminal fruit, easily in reach for plucking.
In all instances he would no longer have 5th Amendment protections to hide from hearings and interrogation behind.
And after Trump’s inauguration next January, he won’t have the cover and the protection of the White House and Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland to conceal his crimes and shield him from those crimes.
The real question is whether either Trump or the GOP now in control of both the House and Senate have the nads to do anything with that low hanging rotten fruit.
The Crackhead Kid could have been compelled to testify under the threat of prison if he refused in the alternative circumstances.
No, he couldn’t. Now he can.
If his sentence was a slap on the wrist fine or a couple of months in prison, the end result would be the same.
Sentence FOR WHAT? He has never been charged with anything to do with the subjects he would be asked to testify about. So without the pardon he could refuse to testify. Now he can’t.
No, he couldn’t. Now he can.
Yes he could: EOS is “End Of Sentence”. Whether that’s two weeks of house arrest or two months served on alternating weekends.
At End Of Sentence – rather than pardoned or commuted, he can not be charged again for those crimes or have the penalty for the crime increased. So, whether pardoned, commuted, or EOS, he no longer has 5th Amendment protections to use to refuse to answer questions (or subpoenas). As in “what services or products did you sell in exchange for those millions you failed to declare and pay income tax on”? As in “Did anyone in the State Department, Department of Justice, etc have any involvement with your actions relating to this undeclared income.
And then there’s the good ol’ Statute of Limitations.
Joseph Biden pardoned his drug addict son, Hunter, who is now able to buy, consume and sell crack to Gigi as long as his supply warrants
Don’t you have to be convicted of a crime to be pardoned?
How can Joe Biden issue a blanket pardon to his son for crimes not yet prosecuted?
Joe’s bro Jimmy and his wife Sarah Biden are also expected to be issued pardons.
But what crimes have they been convicted for?
So Joe Biden can issue sweeping immunity from prosecution for his entire family of criminals who have not yet been charged?
I don’t understand.
Strange but true.
That’s my question, too. How can you be pardoned for crimes for which you have not yet been charged? I know that President Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon was a sort of blanket, but the issue (of impeachment) was more or less moot. What if Hunter Biden were charged with kidnapping and murder across state lines? Would the pardon hold for that? And can Joe Biden issue a similar blanket 10+ year pardon for himself? Surely there are limits, and it seems to me that they have been exceeded.
LEJoiner — Kidnapping & murder are state crimes. The president can only pardon federal crimes. For those there are no limits.
David B. Benson, incompetent member of the Internet Law Bar, posted: Kidnapping & murder are state crimes. The president can only pardon federal crimes.
18 U.S. Code § 1201 – Kidnapping
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1201
How many times a week do you throw your special Marxist brain switch to Full Auto Belt Fed Retard, Tovarisch Benson?
Airblown Puppy — I stand corrected.
Little commie kitty… it would be a lifetime of work to keep up with correcting your overblown commie lies.
Tovarisch, you have enough built in Marxist moron to deliver a gale of Democrat stupidity and dishonesty worthy of you being twins.
How can you be pardoned for crimes for which you have not yet been charged?
Where do people get the bizarre idea that you can’t be? That has NEVER been true. Pardons for crimes not yet charged, even for people who hadn’t even been caught, go all the way back to the very beginning of the USA. The president can pardon anyone who committed a specific crime, even if nobody but them knows about it. Carter did it for all Vietnam draft dodgers, but he was only following George Washington’s example.
I know that President Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon was a sort of blanket, but the issue (of impeachment) was more or less moot
What has impeachment got to do with it? Impeachment was NOT the issue. It couldn’t be, because a pardon doesn’t affect impeachment. Ford pardoned Nixon for ALL CRIMES that he may have committed between two dates. Hunter Biden’s pardon is almost a verbatim copy of the Nixon pardon, with just the name and dates changed.
And yes, if Nixon had subsequently been found to have kidnapped someone between those dates, he could not have been charged with it in federal court. Ditto for Hunter Biden. If he’s found to have kidnapped someone in the past ten years he can’t be charged in any federal court.
Don’t you have to be convicted of a crime to be pardoned?
No, you don’t. That has ALWAYS been the case. Anyone who thinks a pardon can only come after a conviction is utterly ignorant of both the constitution and history.
George Washington pardoned an entire class of people, without even naming them. Everyone who committed the crime was pardoned, even if they had not yet been caught, let alone convicted.
OT
The eminently high-criminal and corrupt FBI Director, Christopher Wray, does not enjoy a ten-year term.
The executive power is vested in the President.
The President’s appointees serve entirely at the pleasure of the President.
No legislation by the legislative branch that usurps the power of the executive branch is constitutional.
The legislative branch has no power to exercise executive power or amend the Constitution in the absence of the completion of the prescribed amendment process.
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S. Rept. 112-23 – A BILL TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE INCUMBENT DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Public Law No: 112-24 (07/26/2011)
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 21, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to create a new term of service for the office of Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which shall begin on or after August 3, 2011, and continue until September 4, 2013.
Makes the incumbent Director on the date of enactment of this Act eligible to be appointed for such new term but only for such new term. Prohibits such incumbent from serving as Director after September 4, 2013. Exempts such incumbent from the prohibition against a Director serving more than one 10-year term.
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Article 2, Section 1
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.
Father of the Year? Riiigghhht. He blew that title when he failed to keep his porn and crack-addicted son from sitting on the board of Burisma during the VP’s tenure running point in Ukraine. If he’s earned a title, it’s more like the “Big Guy,” “The Don” of the infamous Biden Crime Family. He’s the poster child for QPQ. ‘Be a shame if Ukraine didn’t get $1B if they don’t fire the prosecutor investigating Burisma.’ How many in the Deep State are now exposed by Hunter losing his 5th amendment right in testimony before Congress? Hunter better not get into a fishing boat on Lake Tahoe.
As Hunter now has immunity could he not now be subpoenaed and compelled to answer questions about his actions related to his father? He couldn’t take the 5th but could be jailed for contempt for failure to answer. Asking for a friend.
Biden likely pardoned him to prevent continued investigations and offical harassment over the next four years, beyond the current case.
Tom: Joe Biden can’t be prosecuted–remember the Trump SCOTUS ruling? Is this something you heard on the MAGA hate media you rely on? And, if there was evidence that Joe Biden committed crimes, why haven’t the Republicans come up with it despite years of hearings and dozens of witnesses? What your “question” proves is that vengeance is at the top of the agenda.
The misconduct that Joe Biden was guilty of was as VP – it does NOT fall under the SCOTUS immunity ruling.
Republicans did come up with LOTS of evidence – a conviction of Joe Biden for bribery outside of any deep blue city in this country would be a slam dunk.
Regardless. Trump and his people are not going after the Biden’s anymore than they did the Clinton’s in 2017.
SC Hurr was correct – Joe Biden is a feeble old man who is not even capable of defending himself in a court of law.
The Biden family is going quietly back to Delaware and irrelevance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTOk1hn0euo
But those who obstructed the HB investigation, those who were involved in the lawfare – they are all still on the table.
Tom: Joe Biden can’t be prosecuted–remember the Trump SCOTUS ruling?
Gigi, you lying Democrat slut: that SCOTUS ruling didn’t give blanket immunity that would include completely unofficial acts like accepting bribes from ChiComs and Putin. Or payments for influence peddling.
It certainly didn’t cover the earlier Senate and then Vice Presidential criminal career of The Big Guy, Mr. Ten Percent, the senior partner in Biden White House Crime LLC.
Your Leninist hero, Jack Smith was all set to argue that he would prove Trump’s actions were outside of official actions he had immunity from police state fascism for. Then Trump won the election and Smith started worrying if a new Attorney General was going to subpoena him to come testify.
Still trying to get off trolling your host and lying to him Gigi! Maybe you need to buy a special kick start dildo that can’t join the others who are always faking dead batteries to avoid having anything to do with coming anywhere near you.
Hunter can no longer refuse to answer questions under oath on Fifth amendment grounds.
The reason that Hunter was Pardoned NOW, is because any prior immunity would have lead to him Testifying against his family – including Joe.
Joe – likely correctly beleives that Trump is not coming after him and his family.
Trump’s DOJ/FBI can go after Everyone from Garland on down who participlated in this lawfare.
They can go after those in DOJ or the WH who obstructed the HB investigation,
But Trump will leave the Biden’s alone.
Let’s be honest here, the only reason for the pardon-less or pardon-free facade was to enable Biden’s continued prosecution of Trump. The only reason for the Biden presidency was to skirt these issues of corruption. Which would have ultimately consumed the Obama presidency as well. And so the 2020 elections “steal” was engineered. In its entirety, a four year effort to shield Democrat corruption. An effort, as we all know, doomed from the start. And then you wonder why they want to displace the current electorate? Or why they dislike us so?
Betuadollar you’re right
Actually, I’m kind of glad Biden did this. Let the world see how this just was another calculated, timed move.
Biden was all in on running a reelection campaign–up until Hunter’s June 2024 conviction. There must’ve been much kitchen politics precipitating Biden’s sudden withdrawal from the race just three+weeks later (July).
As various media networks, Websites, and talk shows compare and reexamine/re-assess Biden’s previous statements (about everything–including this plus those regarding classified documents in his possession, knowledge of Hunter’s business involvements, tx of women accusing him of misconduct, Ukraine, etc.)
Let the world see what a seasoned, political, calculating liar he is.
(“up until Hunter’s June 2024 conviction, followed with a shaky debate performance a few days later (June 27?).
Then the kitchen politicking with the Dem party…voila….three weeks later (July 21), he withdraws and endorses Harris.)
Biden’s “shaky debate performance” was due to the fact that he had gone back and forth to Europe 3 Xs representing America–he was tired.
Except that he had returned to the US a full eleven days prior to the debate.
P.S. Do you find satisfaction in life, when your entire life consists of merely parroting Democrat talking points that have no validity, rather than ever having an original thought?
ROFL
I recall the nonsense from You that Trump was showing signs of dementia when he was running a campaign schedule 3 times as rigourous as Harris’s.
and finding time to be interviewed by most anyone, and finding time to go to McDonalds, and finding time to deal with all your lawfare.
And finding time to run a multibillion dollar enterprise.
Biden’s “shaky debate performance” was due to the fact that he had gone back and forth to Europe 3 Xs representing America
Gigi, you pathetic vicious lying slut. You are a human wind sock for the gale of lies and deception blowing from Soviet Democrats and assorted other regressive progressive Marxists and communists. Serving up more of the ‘Joe Biden is the smartest guy in the room’ Bull Schiff coming out of that extra Democrat anus in the middle of your bald faced liar head.
The commie strategy of “Tell ’em not to believe their lying eyes” continues!
Yeah… only back for almost two weeks. With half of that time spent snorting coke on the beach with the junior partner in Biden White House Crime LLC. The other week the business of the USA parked while Bribery Biden had a full week of debate preparation interchanged with naps, a lid on communications with news media, and a drug regime to prepare him for that short few hours of debate.
More lies, lies, lies.
Gigi,
“Biden’s “shaky debate performance” was due to the fact that he had gone back and forth to Europe 3 Xs representing America–he was tired.”
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lin: so, you prefer a braggadocious genital-grabbing convicted felon who started an insurrection because he lost an election, who deliberately stole classified documents, who sided with a murderous dictator over his own head of intel, someone who stole from a charitable foundation, defrauded students with a fake “Trump University”, who sexually assaulted and defamed a woman, who fellates a microphone and on the campaign trail does a 12-minute riff on a deceased golfer’s genitals, whose utter incompetence in handling COVID resulted in the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans and who left America with the worst recession since the Great Depression?
Bless your little ole heart, Gigi.
Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump.
(I was thinking this article was about Biden…….pardon my error.)
(BTW, I was OOT and did not vote for either.)
Gee TRUMP is almost as good as fjb is in this field!!!!!!!
On Nov 5th americans spoke.
Voters did not beleive you.
Those who chose NOT to vote – did NOT beleive you.
They heard all you have said and disregarded it.
Either they did not care, or they did not beleive you.
Regardless
“You don’t matter anymore.”
lin: so, you prefer a braggadocious genital-grabbing convicted felon
Gigi is the epitome of a Vietnamese whore saying “Me love you long time, Joe” to every drunken young soldier on leave in Saigon. Some may actually have believed the obvious lies.
Gigi, why do you keep attempting to claim you actually have anything like morals, standards, or any concern about perverts, thieves, and general criminals in the White House? Even if you were to claim you suddenly developed as a human being after the election of 2016?
Gigi, why do you prefer Biden after he raped his daughter in the shower for years, after which she wrote she thought she became a thieving perverted slut and drug addict because of those special showers with her Daddy that you lie and pimp for?
Gigi, why do you prefer Biden, who actually DID rape somebody (other than his daughter). A rape victim who actually had contemporaneous witnesses from the very day she was raped by Biden.
And why did vicious lying Democrat sluts like you then attack that woman and attempt to destroy her because she dared to come forward with her witnesses about how then Senator Biden raped her?
Gigi, why do you prefer the Biden who was sexually molesting women and other peoples’ children in the White House – YEARS before Trump announced his run for the presidency and suddenly became the excuse for your sexual perversion cult?
Gigi, why do you prefer the Biden who was deliberately stealing plainly marked classified documents for FOUR decades while he was in elected office, with absolutely no power to either declassify those documents or possess those documents?
Gigi, why do you come here when everyone considers you to be nothing other than a skanky pathetic cunning stunt?
Why didn’t Joe pardon Hunter when he pardoned the other two turkeys last week?
Because someone had to write his pardon announcement speech, and say just. the. right. things (accusatory of partisan prosecutions).
Curious why did Prof Turley rewrite the article?
I read this article this morning, it was titled Biden was “Liar in Chief”, and echoed that sentiment a few times in the article. Now I don’t see those words anywhere.
Did you guys (Jonathan and the editors) tone it down because you felt it was too bellicose or abrasive? Maybe trying to tone down some of the rhetoric?
While I’d understand and even concur with that approach as we all need to get along better now if possible, I have to admit I liked the title this morning and felt it was more than appropriate and justified.
I mean they didn’t just lie about it, they were insulting and adamant stating in no uncertain terms that he was “not going to pardon him”. He said so. His press secretary said so. Just weeks ago. Over and over and over….basically acting like anyone who thinks he would is stupid or a conspiracy theorist.
Yet last night he did the exact opposite that he yelled at people he wasn’t going to do. That press secretary lady treated the press asking about it as if they were stupid or causing trouble for asking.
What’s she going to say, now?
Anyway I liked the original title.
Biden earned it.
Democrats: “We own all machinations of government; we own the entire judiciary; we own all media so to silence all cries of injustice, and we are to soundly degrade, demoralize, and defeat you. Six ways to Sunday, babee, the CCP has nothing us. Schleppy Joe the China Ho then proceeded to lie to us at every opportunity on virtually every issue for four-plus years. But mark my words: With the pardon of Hunter, today karma begins. Note also this is not a constitutional pardon. Because the constitution only permits presidential pardons for offenses committed and not for currently hypothetical yet to be discovered, i.e., nonexistent, offences. The nonexistent offense cannot be one that has been “committed.” The matter must be pursued and the pardon challenged.
Is this true:
“President Trump was impeached over wanting to look into the crimes Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter for.”
Tom: NO–that is NOT true. Trump was impeached for trying to exchange aid for Ukraine that Congress had appropriated in exchange for ginning up fake lies about Biden–an attempted quid pro quo.
Hunter pleaded guilty to failing to pay taxes–which he has since paid, along with interest and penalties, and for lying on a gun application by denying he had a substance problem. Was Joe Biden charged with failing to pay taxes or lying on a gun application–or is this more of the MAGA media lies that you believe?
ROFL
Gig it is absolutely True
Directly from the the First article of impeachment in 2019.
“(1) President Trump—acting both directly and through his agents within
and outside the United States Government—corruptly solicited the Government of
Ukraine to publicly announce investigations into—
(A) a political opponent, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden,
Jr.; and
(B) a discredited theory promoted by Russia alleging that
Ukraine—rather than Russia—interfered in the 2016 United States
Presidential election.”
The “Fake lies” about Biden are the conduct that Biden just pardoned Hunter for
The Taxes that Hunter failed to pay – were on the bribery Money that he received from Ukraine that Trump asked Ukraine to investigate.
Tom: NO–that is NOT true.
Gigi, as always, you are a vicious lying Democrat slut.
Yes, it’s true.