Re: [OT] Biden pardons Hunter despite promise

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

. . .

Sure, Hunter isn't a shining example of humanity but that still didn't
justify the way they went after him. Hell, if the Republican Congress
was so worried about influence peddling then why didn't they go after
Ivanka or Jared? Because those two were on their side while Hunter is
on the other side.

You know, shawn, you don't live in reality.

Hunter was SPECTACULARLY unethical. He truly was influence peddling.
Going after him for his over-the-top unethical behavior was absolutely
fair game.

The false inference that Republicans pushed against Joe Biden -- the
Biden crime family, accusing Joe Biden of accepting bribes, utterly
baseless -- was unfair. But that was versus Joe. He's been in politics
forever. Unfairness in politics is the norm.

The gun charges? That's the most basic gun control. Of course he should
have been prosecuted for that.

Now, if you'd limite your overly-broad comment to the criminal tax case,
I might have agreed. Once he sobered up, he re-filed those tax returns
and paid back taxes, interest, and penalties. Handling it
administratively and not criminally would have sufficed.

But the rest of it? There aren't criminal penalties severe enough for
what he did. He could have prevented his father from getting elected. He
could have brought down the administration. He sure as hell destroyed
his father's historical legacy.

None of that is prosecutable.