The decision, which was first reported by NBC News, is a reversal for the president, who repeatedly said he would not use his authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence.

Summary

President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, reversing his prior stance against using executive clemency.

The pardon covers Hunter’s federal gun conviction and tax evasion guilty plea, sparking political controversy.

Biden cited political attacks and a “miscarriage of justice” as reasons for his decision, emphasizing his son’s recovery from addiction and the targeting of his family.

Critics argue the move undermines the judicial process, while supporters view it as within Biden’s constitutional powers.

This decision shields Hunter from potential prison time as Biden nears the end of his presidency.

    • AgentDalePoopster@lemmy.world
      57·
      12 days ago

      Totally. The American people betrayed Biden, personally, by tarnishing his otherwise spotless legacy and voting in his opposition. It doesn’t matter if you personally voted Harris as nearly half of the people who voted did, America turned its back on our highest civil servant and now he has every right to spend his last remaining days in power by doubling down on his support of genocide, pardoning his own relatives, and doing fuck all to help us ungrateful proles.

        • AgentDalePoopster@lemmy.world
          23·
          12 days ago

          Yes, which is why Biden deserves to ignore the well-being of the country, including his own voters, and act only out of self-interest for the rest of his presidency. We only deserve politicians who try their best when we the people do what politicians want us to do.

        • AgentDalePoopster@lemmy.world
          24·
          12 days ago

          Absolutely. Biden deserves to punish us all for our poor decision-making, and act only out of self-interest for the remainder of his term. That’s the social contract we make with our nation’s civil servants.

            • AgentDalePoopster@lemmy.world
              33·
              12 days ago

              Oh I think I did, and I couldn’t agree with you more. We no longer deserve to expect anything good or helpful from our benevolent leader Joe Biden since the majority of us voted incorrectly. He has every right to sit on his hands and spend his few remaining days in office helping Israel commit genocide, helping his family get out of felony charges, and doing nothing to protect the nation from the damage Trump is about to cause. We are ungrateful little worms and he has every right to treat us as such.

              • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
                54·
                12 days ago

                Americans voted in Trump, why should he do anything to sabotage Trump’s reign?

                That’s anti-democratic.

                spend his few remaining days in office helping Israel commit genocide

                That disinformation campaign sure did a number on you guys.

                Can’t wait for Trump to come in and save Palestine!

                • AgentDalePoopster@lemmy.world
                  33·
                  12 days ago

                  Oh, again, I totally agree. Trump won’t save Palestine, so we should accept that Biden is also not even trying. We don’t deserve to hold any politician to a higher standard than what Trump can offer. Frankly, if we don’t behave in the way our benevolent leader wants, then they are under no obligation to do anything to improve the country or do anything that their voters want them to do. That’s freedom!

                  Edit - obvious sarcasm aside, Biden should do things like nominate judges for all those empty seats while the Dems still have the Senate. He should do things like direct the DEA to deschedule cannabis, a move that would be wildly popular with voters on both sides of the aisle and thus seems unlikely to be overturned. You know, helpful things that help people who weren’t lucky enough to be born with the last name “Biden”. He won’t, though. And it’s weird to just jump to January 6th. That’s a weird thing to do.

                  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
                    22·
                    12 days ago

                    So you think Biden should sabotage Trump’s term?

                    That’s not democratic, which I said in my last comment.

                    Americans want want Trump has to offer.

    • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
      47·
      10 days ago

      Less than 1/3 of American voters voted for the orange man. The rest were apathetic or thought virtue abstaining would “send a message”.

      Edit to add actual numbers. 32.1% of eligible voters voted for him. 22.9% of the total US population. We need to stop this all-or-nothing mentality. A tiny fraction of the population voted him in, while the rest tried (31.0%), or did nothing. That 32.1% is only true if the votes were legitimate, which seeing how fragile the voting system is across the US, it may not be, and we also may never know.

        • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          10 days ago

          A subset of America. Life isn’t all or nothing. Electoral College helped a bit, although he barely did win the popular vote this time thanks to the abstainers. By raw population numbers (including those that can’t vote) only 22.9% of the US population voted for him. (32.1% of eligible voters, less than 1/3.)