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POTUS gonna pardon HUNTER!!! (Original Post) elleng Dec 1 OP
As he should! Dem4life1234 Dec 1 #1
Hope so.... walkingman Dec 1 #2
Good! Blaukraut Dec 1 #3
All for it. Silent Type Dec 1 #4
Good. (nt) Paladin Dec 1 #5
Ha ha! Fuck you Hannity! Initech Dec 1 #6
GOOD!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 1 #7
NBC News - President Biden set to issue a pardon of his son Hunter Biden Dennis Donovan Dec 1 #8
It's a giant middle finger to the McFelon. Dulcinea Dec 2 #89
prediction: the media will throw 10x the fit over this than ANYTHING drumpf does Takket Dec 1 #9
The hypocritical conman is a real piece of s.. Dem4life1234 Dec 1 #15
You can count on it MustLoveBeagles Dec 1 #35
The media can shove it. hadEnuf Dec 1 #59
No reason not to at this point. Frasier Balzov Dec 1 #10
DAMN RIGHT HE SHOULD. 45+ IS gonna pardon the gawd damn Jan6 rioters...... a kennedy Dec 1 #11
As he should mountain grammy Dec 1 #12
AWESOME!! bluestarone Dec 1 #13
Also people who worked on the impeachments, J6 committee, and Jack Smith team dalton99a Dec 1 #14
Yes! Dem4life1234 Dec 1 #17
+1. They shouldn't be bankrupt by legal fees fighting Kash Patel's thugs dalton99a Dec 1 #24
YES! SunSeeker Dec 1 #37
Yes! Absolutely. Blanket pardons for all of them. wnylib Dec 1 #49
Everybody who didn't vote for Trump should get a pardon. hadEnuf Dec 1 #60
None of them are charged with anything to pardon soandso Dec 1 #66
They did nothing wrong. Preemptively pardoning them feeds Trump's narrative that the investigation was... LudwigPastorius Dec 1 #73
It is something he must do bucolic_frolic Dec 1 #16
Wonderful news! choie Dec 1 #18
Excellent kimbutgar Dec 1 #19
I'll bet he's sad about it. nolabear Dec 1 #20
and Joe Biden, IS one of the most honorable men, OUTSIDE of being POTUS, EVER. a kennedy Dec 1 #27
Agree. And it's heartening for us who feel stomped on. nolabear Dec 1 #56
Please! Don't leave him dangling for the Trump DOJ to persecute. I get Joe's reticence but it's ok Joe! dutch777 Dec 1 #21
I'm sure he struggled with that decision brer cat Dec 1 #22
Good. It's what should be done and I'm glad he's doing it. Biophilic Dec 1 #23
Good. badhair77 Dec 1 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author Hotler Dec 1 #26
Good news, for sure wendyb-NC Dec 1 #28
MSNBC "according to senior White House official" AverageOldGuy Dec 1 #29
good. nt ecstatic Dec 1 #30
Good Solly Mack Dec 1 #31
Very good. Was hoping he would. FloridaBlues Dec 1 #32
Thank god. Demobrat Dec 1 #33
BREAKING: Biden pardons Hunter LetMyPeopleVote Dec 1 #34
YESSS... enough IS enough!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 1 #36
I'm thankful for that. barbtries Dec 1 #38
Good MustLoveBeagles Dec 1 #39
This is good. Mr.Bill Dec 1 #40
Doesn't sit well with me, but it's probably not a big deal SYFROYH Dec 1 #41
I am confused?. aurora the great Dec 1 #55
I dislike when pardons appear to be based on personal relationships SYFROYH Dec 2 #87
I feel your pain. hadEnuf Dec 1 #69
I am glad he has done that or will Meowmee Dec 1 #42
President Biden's statement made sense. So, good! electric_blue68 Dec 1 #43
K&R mvd Dec 1 #44
The reality is that once Donald Crumb moniss Dec 1 #45
Good! skylucy Dec 1 #46
Here is the full pardon LetMyPeopleVote Dec 1 #47
Wonder what happened to make him change his mind like that? MichMan Dec 1 #48
No downside. nt Xipe Totec Dec 1 #52
48. Wonder what happened to make him change his mind like that? MLWR Dec 1 #57
I don't think he changed his mind at all, he was always gonna pardon him Polybius Dec 1 #63
How mad are you? RandiFan1290 Dec 2 #84
Go a step further, Mr President Seeking Serenity Dec 1 #50
Good on both of them. nt Xipe Totec Dec 1 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan Dec 1 #53
Hmm. That's a question I've never heard posed before soandso Dec 1 #67
I'm glad for Hunter. madaboutharry Dec 1 #54
Good. That is excellent news. n/t xocetaceans Dec 1 #58
after all the people trump pardoned . he should pardon hunter . what a farce that was . cue the exploding heads . AllaN01Bear Dec 1 #61
Post removed Post removed Dec 1 #62
Welcome to DU Polybius Dec 1 #65
cue the talking heads exploding. AllaN01Bear Dec 1 #64
MAGAs irate LOL kevink077 Dec 1 #68
So what? Demobrat Dec 1 #74
I am glad they are irate... kevink077 Dec 1 #75
EXCELLENT NEWS !!!!! Stinky The Clown Dec 1 #70
Glad to hear it! GoCubsGo Dec 1 #71
Now do Leonard Peltier!! Lunabell Dec 1 #72
That's awesome news! It's as it should be especially after the prosecutors had agreed to a deal and later iluvtennis Dec 1 #76
Good! Tweedy Dec 1 #77
EXCELLENT!!! calimary Dec 1 #78
Trumpers about to have an epic meltdown 😅 Blue_Tires Dec 1 #79
Great! Merrick Garland essentially pardoned Trump with his foot dragging. Buttoneer Dec 1 #80
It was the right thing to do, Baitball Blogger Dec 1 #81
First good news in weeks! Excellent! n/t Saoirse9 Dec 1 #82
I see a few simplemistake Dec 2 #83
President Biden knows family comes first. Good for him. egduj Dec 2 #85
He so needed to do this, for the family and for decency sake. lark Dec 2 #86
Biden should pardon Hunter, But I wish he hadn't said he wouldn't . Groundhawg Dec 2 #88
It was a questionable prosecution anywho; good townie Dec 2 #90

Dennis Donovan

(27,462 posts)
8. NBC News - President Biden set to issue a pardon of his son Hunter Biden
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:21 PM
Dec 1
NBC News - President Biden set to issue a pardon of his son Hunter Biden

The president is expected to announce his decision Sunday night, according to a senior White House official.

Dec. 1, 2024, 7:16 PM EST
By Carol E. Lee and Sarah Fitzpatrick

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has decided to issue a pardon for his son Hunter and is expected to announce it Sunday night, according to a senior White House official with direct knowledge of the decision.

The decision marks a reversal for the president, who has repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence. The pardon comes ahead of Hunter Biden’s Dec. 12 sentencing for his conviction on federal gun charges. Hunter Biden also is set to be sentenced in a separate criminal case on Dec. 16, after pleading guilty in September on federal tax evasion charges.

The pardon is expected to cover both Hunter Biden’s gun charges conviction and guilty plea, the people with direct knowledge of the discussions said.

The senior White House official said Biden decided over this weekend to grant his son a pardon and began to inform his senior aides on Sunday.

/snip

Dulcinea

(7,603 posts)
89. It's a giant middle finger to the McFelon.
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 12:20 PM
Dec 2

And all the sycophants associated with him. President Biden is all out of fucks to give. More power to him.

Takket

(22,664 posts)
9. prediction: the media will throw 10x the fit over this than ANYTHING drumpf does
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:22 PM
Dec 1

BOTH SIDES! BOTH SIDES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as if Biden "setting an example" would have "stopped" drumpf from all the bullshit he is going to do.

Dem4life1234

(2,006 posts)
15. The hypocritical conman is a real piece of s..
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:25 PM
Dec 1

If he tries to pardon those cavemen who attacked the Capitol and beat up cops , yet turns around and whines about criminal immigrants. I despise him with every fiber of my being.



Law and order party, my ass!

a kennedy

(32,324 posts)
11. DAMN RIGHT HE SHOULD. 45+ IS gonna pardon the gawd damn Jan6 rioters......
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:22 PM
Dec 1

So Joe HAS GOT TO PARDON Hunter.

dalton99a

(84,889 posts)
14. Also people who worked on the impeachments, J6 committee, and Jack Smith team
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:24 PM
Dec 1

The country owes them a debt of gratitude

Give them a pardon


Dem4life1234

(2,006 posts)
17. Yes!
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:27 PM
Dec 1

He needs to blanket pardon every single one of those true patriots!


They are the true patriots who put country first!

LudwigPastorius

(11,084 posts)
73. They did nothing wrong. Preemptively pardoning them feeds Trump's narrative that the investigation was...
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 09:04 PM
Dec 1

some kind of extra-legal witch hunt.

If Trump sics his DOJ on them, it will be a pain in the ass for them, but I seriously doubt that any convictions would be forthcoming. I'd also bet that there will be plenty of people stepping up to help them pay their legal bills.

(I'm also racking my brain to imagine what possible crimes the Trump mob could charge them with.)

bucolic_frolic

(47,613 posts)
16. It is something he must do
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:26 PM
Dec 1

because you cannot trust the 47 administration to be anything other than vindictive.

kimbutgar

(23,613 posts)
19. Excellent
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:29 PM
Dec 1

I was hoping he would !


Because the orange Hitler would have him sent to jail as retribution.

nolabear

(43,280 posts)
20. I'll bet he's sad about it.
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:29 PM
Dec 1

Not because it’s not right, but in a reasonable world he wouldn’t have to in order to protect him from the monsters.

a kennedy

(32,324 posts)
27. and Joe Biden, IS one of the most honorable men, OUTSIDE of being POTUS, EVER.
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:36 PM
Dec 1
He just had to do the pardon, he just HAD to.

dutch777

(3,585 posts)
21. Please! Don't leave him dangling for the Trump DOJ to persecute. I get Joe's reticence but it's ok Joe!
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:31 PM
Dec 1

I get Joe is a rule of law guy at his heart and by not intervening on Hunter's behalf before is duly noted that Joe was stand up. If you had been reelected, maybe let it play out. But not now.

Biophilic

(4,988 posts)
23. Good. It's what should be done and I'm glad he's doing it.
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:33 PM
Dec 1

The so called honorable way is no longer the sane and safe way. Times have changed. I’m glad Joe had realized that.

badhair77

(4,664 posts)
25. Good.
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:34 PM
Dec 1

When you look at the cronies that trump pardoned then this should be fine. And one was his daughter’s FIL and now he gave him an ambassadorship. A pardon for Hunter is fine with me.

Response to elleng (Original post)

AverageOldGuy

(2,180 posts)
29. MSNBC "according to senior White House official"
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:38 PM
Dec 1
https://www.msnbc.com/live

Goddam I hope he pardons Hunter. And I hope he issues pre-emptive pardons for (1) everyone who had anything to do with the Jan 6 committee, (2) Jack Smith and his entire crew, (3) Pelosi, Schumer, and all other prominent Democrats, (4) himself and his staff, (5) VP Harris and her staff, (6) all his cabinet members especially Garland and DHS Secty as well as FBI Director, Dr, Faucy, . . . anyone I left out?

And I hope Trump chokes on it and falls dead!!!!

barbtries

(29,955 posts)
38. I'm thankful for that.
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:45 PM
Dec 1

for all the whining and bitching about witch hunts by TCFSF, republicans have gone after Hunter ferociously and made him pay consequences well above the level of his wrongdoing.

Mr.Bill

(24,871 posts)
40. This is good.
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:48 PM
Dec 1

I would have done the same thing. I hope I wake up tomorrow morning and find this at the top of the greatest list on the home page.

SYFROYH

(34,204 posts)
41. Doesn't sit well with me, but it's probably not a big deal
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:50 PM
Dec 1

Bill Clinton pardoned his brother and no one cared.

SYFROYH

(34,204 posts)
87. I dislike when pardons appear to be based on personal relationships
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 09:18 AM
Dec 2

I get it. It happens and Hunter was political football, but it wasn’t like he didn’t do what he was accused of.


In general, I’ve not liked the way Joe and party handlers handled the Hunter Biden problem, but it will soon be water under the bridge as we deal with much bigger issues.

hadEnuf

(2,795 posts)
69. I feel your pain.
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 08:52 PM
Dec 1

But it bothers me more when a 34x convicted felon, a sexaul assaulter and insurrectionist who stole classified US nuclear secrets not only gets away with it, but gets rewarded with the most powerful position in the world.

Hunter Biden was the real witch hunt.

Meowmee

(6,127 posts)
42. I am glad he has done that or will
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:51 PM
Dec 1

Lots of other people need pardons as well. If it can be done in advance of possible charges. You don’t know how bad things are going to get here and you have a lunatic who is out for revenge. However if things deteriorate a lot even a pardon won’t be enough.

moniss

(6,151 posts)
45. The reality is that once Donald Crumb
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:55 PM
Dec 1

gets inaugurated the danger to Hunter's life if he stays in prison becomes even higher. There is nothing this crowd will not do.

MichMan

(13,561 posts)
48. Wonder what happened to make him change his mind like that?
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:57 PM
Dec 1

The administration stated multiple times he wouldn't be pardoned.

MLWR

(22 posts)
57. 48. Wonder what happened to make him change his mind like that?
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 08:19 PM
Dec 1

DonOld john dump happened. And the idiots, imbeciles, morons, crooks, corrupt opportunists, vengeful scum he is putting in his fucked up excuse for a cabinet happened.

Polybius

(18,368 posts)
63. I don't think he changed his mind at all, he was always gonna pardon him
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 08:38 PM
Dec 1

He just couldn't do it before the election, and I totally get that. I am all for the pardon.

Seeking Serenity

(3,080 posts)
50. Go a step further, Mr President
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 07:58 PM
Dec 1

On January 19, 2025, issue a commutation for every person in federal prisons.

Make the private prison companies bankrupt!

Response to elleng (Original post)

madaboutharry

(41,390 posts)
54. I'm glad for Hunter.
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 08:08 PM
Dec 1

Let people throw a fit. That prosecution was complete bullshit.

All the best to Hunter as he works every day in his recovery.

AllaN01Bear

(23,333 posts)
61. after all the people trump pardoned . he should pardon hunter . what a farce that was . cue the exploding heads .
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 08:35 PM
Dec 1

ka boom a.

Response to elleng (Original post)

kevink077

(475 posts)
75. I am glad they are irate...
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 09:08 PM
Dec 1

I take pleasure in it. Not sure why you infer I am suggesting Biden play by the rules..

GoCubsGo

(33,166 posts)
71. Glad to hear it!
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 08:55 PM
Dec 1

Hope he follows it up with a blanket pardon for every last one of the people the MAGAts are targeting.

iluvtennis

(20,948 posts)
76. That's awesome news! It's as it should be especially after the prosecutors had agreed to a deal and later
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 09:33 PM
Dec 1

reneged on it because of pressure from the rethugs.

calimary

(84,612 posts)
78. EXCELLENT!!!
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 09:38 PM
Dec 1

That’s such great AND welcome news! I was hoping it would happen before Joe Biden left office.

I’m relieved!

 

simplemistake

(8 posts)
83. I see a few
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 12:45 AM
Dec 2

trolls that are upset at this news. I'm getting a good laugh at the one who is pretending he OPPOSES trolling.

lark

(24,344 posts)
86. He so needed to do this, for the family and for decency sake.
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 08:47 AM
Dec 2

The prosecution was total bullshit!

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