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
    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.

              • AgentDalePoopster@lemmy.world
                23·
                12 days ago

                I never said that, I said that he has every right to act only out of self-interest for the remainder of his term and do nothing that would help us unworthy peons who didn’t grovel at his feet when we had the chance. After all, and again I agree with you here, Trump certainly would behave no differently which gives Joe Biden and any future democrats every right to do the same and makes us entitled spoiled piggies for expecting anything else.

                  • AgentDalePoopster@lemmy.world
                    23·
                    12 days ago

                    Are you? When did I say that Biden should do any of those things? I’ve said quite the opposite, we don’t deserve better because Trump won the most votes. That gives Joe Biden a license to spend the last few days in power completely ignoring any expectations that voters, even those who voted Kamala, have for him. After all, if we had only voted harder then we wouldn’t be in this mess, so he has a right to punish us accordingly. This is democracy and this is freedom. We are in agreement on all of this.