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James Biden, his brother, one of the brothers there who was pardoned, has actually been investigated for years for the work he was doing with Hunter Biden. Was he getting an advantage due to his then brother who was VP and his connections? In an interview back in 2020, Biden criticized the idea of an outgoing president preemptively pardoning family members.
James Biden, his brother, one of the brothers there who was pardoned, has actually been investigated for years for the work he was doing with Hunter Biden. Was he getting an advantage due to his then brother who was VP and his connections? In an interview back in 2020, Biden criticized the idea of an outgoing president preemptively pardoning family members.
James Biden, his brother, one of the brothers there who was pardoned, has actually been investigated for years for the work he was doing with Hunter Biden. Was he getting an advantage due to his then brother who was VP and his connections? In an interview back in 2020, Biden criticized the idea of an outgoing president preemptively pardoning family members.
At the time, there was presumption that Trump was going to do that. And Biden was like, that's a terrible thing. And now he's done it. A Trump team spokesperson wrote on X that even Schumer said that something like this would be a gross abuse of presidential pardon authority. And he was talking about Trump at the time, the Schumer person.
At the time, there was presumption that Trump was going to do that. And Biden was like, that's a terrible thing. And now he's done it. A Trump team spokesperson wrote on X that even Schumer said that something like this would be a gross abuse of presidential pardon authority. And he was talking about Trump at the time, the Schumer person.
At the time, there was presumption that Trump was going to do that. And Biden was like, that's a terrible thing. And now he's done it. A Trump team spokesperson wrote on X that even Schumer said that something like this would be a gross abuse of presidential pardon authority. And he was talking about Trump at the time, the Schumer person.
So the fact that Biden has already pardoned Hunter Biden after promising he wouldn't do that has already upset people. And now there's that. Apparently, according to people close to Biden, he weighed the decision very heavily, but couldn't in good conscience not protect his family, feeling that Trump would go after them as adversaries. He wanted to save them the headache here.
So the fact that Biden has already pardoned Hunter Biden after promising he wouldn't do that has already upset people. And now there's that. Apparently, according to people close to Biden, he weighed the decision very heavily, but couldn't in good conscience not protect his family, feeling that Trump would go after them as adversaries. He wanted to save them the headache here.
So the fact that Biden has already pardoned Hunter Biden after promising he wouldn't do that has already upset people. And now there's that. Apparently, according to people close to Biden, he weighed the decision very heavily, but couldn't in good conscience not protect his family, feeling that Trump would go after them as adversaries. He wanted to save them the headache here.
Again, the Biden folks say, well, they didn't do anything illegal. We just wanted to protect them from the legal issues. Nonetheless, we will never know. Like we're never going to know here. And the optics here, especially again, with like minutes to go in his presidency, no ability to like ask him about it, has some people concerned.
Again, the Biden folks say, well, they didn't do anything illegal. We just wanted to protect them from the legal issues. Nonetheless, we will never know. Like we're never going to know here. And the optics here, especially again, with like minutes to go in his presidency, no ability to like ask him about it, has some people concerned.
Again, the Biden folks say, well, they didn't do anything illegal. We just wanted to protect them from the legal issues. Nonetheless, we will never know. Like we're never going to know here. And the optics here, especially again, with like minutes to go in his presidency, no ability to like ask him about it, has some people concerned.
Trump on his way out, like now every president is going to just pardon all their family members preemptively. Or anybody.
Trump on his way out, like now every president is going to just pardon all their family members preemptively. Or anybody.
Trump on his way out, like now every president is going to just pardon all their family members preemptively. Or anybody.
Because there is a process for pardons. You'd have to go through the Justice Department. They got to determine. Typically, you've committed a crime to go through a pardon. So this whole like anything they might have done since 2014, like pardon, like the pardon authority in the Constitution is pretty open ended. And the Supreme Court's been differential on it.
Because there is a process for pardons. You'd have to go through the Justice Department. They got to determine. Typically, you've committed a crime to go through a pardon. So this whole like anything they might have done since 2014, like pardon, like the pardon authority in the Constitution is pretty open ended. And the Supreme Court's been differential on it.
Because there is a process for pardons. You'd have to go through the Justice Department. They got to determine. Typically, you've committed a crime to go through a pardon. So this whole like anything they might have done since 2014, like pardon, like the pardon authority in the Constitution is pretty open ended. And the Supreme Court's been differential on it.
But there's a lot of concern about the precedent that Biden has opened up because, by the way, Jill, it wasn't even his it wasn't just his family.
But there's a lot of concern about the precedent that Biden has opened up because, by the way, Jill, it wasn't even his it wasn't just his family.