Pardon Me?

Præsident Joe Biden har benådet sin søn Hunter Biden for alle føderale forbrydelser i “den næsten 11-årlange periode fra 1. januar 2014 til 1. december 2024.” som Danmarks Radio bemærker, på deres spæde start på en ny erkendelse (at de alle er løgnere)

Så benådningen fra Joe Biden er ikke kun spektakulær, fordi den omhandler præsidentens egen søn, siger Anne Alling.

– Den er også ekstraordinær, fordi den er så omfangsrig og reelt beskytter Hunter Biden fra at blive retsforfulgt for nogen forbrydelser, han har – eller som nogen skulle mene han har – begået i løbet af det seneste årti.

– På den måde fritager benådningen ikke blot Hunter Biden for straf i de to igangværende sager mod ham om henholdsvis ulovlig våbenbesiddelse og skattesnyd. Den beskytter ham også mod at blive tiltalt i andre sager i fremtiden, pointerer hun.

Det er ikke spektakulært at benåde sin egen søn, hvis alternativet er at han skal ruske tremmer resten af sit liv. Det er faderligt – i udgangspunktet. Loven tilsiger præsidenten at benåde, hvem han vil og det er helt op til præsidentens egen samvittighed. Alt er godt, DR tænker lavt. Og dumt! For det er ikke skattesager og våbenbesiddelse og stoffer og ludere, der interesserer Republikanere og MAGA folk.. Det er den galoperende korruption, som hans far begik, med Hunter som mellemmand. 

Men dette skal ikke handle om de danske mediehuse. “Biden leaves a legacy of corruption” skriver Jonathan Turley

The most shocking aspect of President Biden pardoning his own son, Hunter, may be that it was not in the least shocking, given the history of the Biden family. This abuse of the pardon power was widely anticipated even by his allies as the president repeatedly denied that he would ever do such a thing as he ran for reelection. Indeed, it may be the single most premeditated unethical act in political history.

However, it may not achieve what President Biden most hopes for: a clean slate for his son and himself in this massive corruption scandal.

Og så forklarer Turley, hvorfor man ikke skal læse danske stats-medier, for Joe Bidens benådning af sin søn, dækker ikke blot et opsigtsvækkende tidsrum, det dækker “any crimes committed between Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2024.

Think on that. It would cover anything from perjury to murder.

Now it makes sense why Hunter seemed to be engaged in what I described as a “game of chicken with himself.” As a criminal defense attorney, I noted that wild moves in and outside of the courts would make sense only if he knew that his dad would cover him in the end if everything went poorly — even as the president was assuring the public that he would never do such a thing.

In a final show of contempt for the American people, President Biden waited until a Sunday before an international trip to commit this unethical act. He brushed over his past lies by saying that “From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word.” What he actually said, over and over again, was that he would never pardon his son.

Hunter er dog ikke fritaget for at vidne falsk, da dette vil være nye forbrydelser. Hvor langt han kan slippe af sted med at han intet husker grundet sit misbrug bliver nok en svær balancegang med alle de interviews han har givet og den bog han har skrevet om, hvornår han var på stoffer og hvornår han ikke var. David Friedman spekulerer

I’m not sure that Joe Biden has fully considered the ramifications of his pardon of Hunter. The pardon is extremely broad and covers activities while Joe was vice president. This means that Hunter cannot plead the Fifth if asked about his business dealings with Ukraine and China, including his Dad’s involvement, because, with his pardon, he has no risk of criminal jeopardy.

Der spekuleres også i om det er muligt for præsidenten at benåde sig selv, men det er der måske en vej uden om, skriver X-profilen Amuse. Ved at underlægge sig endnu en kolopskopi, vil Kamala være fungerende præsident og således kan hun benåde Joe – eventuelt mod at han trækker i de sidste tråde og betaler den milliongæld, som hendes valgkamp har skaffet hende på halsen.

Turley siger videre på X, som ikke er underlagt ophavsret, så vidt jeg ved

Joe Biden: “I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision.” Americans may have a more difficult time understanding how a president could repeatedly and adamantly deny that he would issue this pardon when he was running for reelection.

…It is also notably that, after insisting that these cases were politically motivated, Biden also pardoned for ANY crimes that may have been committed ” from Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2024…

…That is precisely the type of sweeping immunity grant that the federal judge balked at in the hearing when the earlier sweetheart deal feel apart. The judge asked the prosecutor if he had ever seen such a deal and he admitted that he had not…

…Hunter Biden is hardly the poster child for a victim of over-enforcement of federal laws. He was given a free pass on allegations that he was an unregistered agent and was the personification of influence peddling in Washington…

…His call to a Chinese businessman hardly speaks to being an innocent hounded by over-zealous prosecutors: “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.”

Nu begynder smerterne for folk som Joe Walsh: “This pardon is just deflating for those of us who’ve been out there for a few years yelling about what a threat Trump is”. De vil blive flere og flere, som flygter fra slagmarken, mens andre ikke har andre muligheder end at holde illusionen oppe. Tidligere FBI direktør Andrew McCabe siger

The effect of that very broad ten year time frame is, ironically, it will perpetuate the the conspiracy theories and the accusations around Hunter Biden. They’ll never be resolved criminally, but it gives his detractors the opportunity to say, oh, well, he must have done something in 2014 to require a pardon going back that far.

Andre igen, som Keith Olberman, maler bare sig selv op i et hjørne, som Trump Derangement Syndrome æder resten af deres hjerne

Eric Trump er stor i slaget: “Don’t worry about the 112 subpoenas I have received over the past 8 years“. Og Jimmy Faila finder det bedste i mennesket og erklærer “I’d pardon my kid too if he funneled tens of millions of dollars to my bank account