Re: [OT] Biden pardons Hunter despite promise

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

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

Sun, 1 Dec 2024 23:23:03 -0500, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>:

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Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter despite promising repeatedly to
respect the rule of law.

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Pardoning  his son is part of what the rule of law allows.

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That's an absurd position to take. The pardon power is a power of the
president and is NOT dependent on rule of law. The president is
literally second-guessing criminal law. He stated that the prosecution
was political. No, it fucking was not.
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Hunter wrote a memoir, a confessional, admitting to crime after crime
after crime, and I still don't understand how filing a false tax return
-- given that he hired accountants -- is a side effect of drug abuse.
Neither was selling access to his father, the vice president, so
oligarchs could get his ear.
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He simply begged to be indicted.
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Hunter is the most ungrateful son who ever lived.
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 Menendez?