I still contend that Biden should have only *commuted* Hunter's sentence (and not pardoned him) on the one conviction he had (he was guilty as hell of not reporting drug use on his gun purchase form, even if that type of 'technical' crime is almost never prosecuted). Joe should have pardoned Hunter on the tax case (as Joe did) where Hunt…
I still contend that Biden should have only *commuted* Hunter's sentence (and not pardoned him) on the one conviction he had (he was guilty as hell of not reporting drug use on his gun purchase form, even if that type of 'technical' crime is almost never prosecuted). Joe should have pardoned Hunter on the tax case (as Joe did) where Hunter had pleaded already guilty because Hunter had actually taken responsibility. And then Joe should have pardoned Hunter (again, as he did) for anything else that might have transpired because Trump had openly talked about going after Hunter whether or not there was any there there. And Biden should not have talked about selective prosecution and prosecutorial weaponization etc as he did, because that damages the rule of law - I was not happy about Biden using the same language we dislike Trump for.
Even if, in my view, Biden botched the execution of his pardon power in Hunter's case, I'm still glad at the end of the day that he did it, because otherwise Hunter would have been Pam Bondi's first victim for no valid reason.
I still contend that Biden should have only *commuted* Hunter's sentence (and not pardoned him) on the one conviction he had (he was guilty as hell of not reporting drug use on his gun purchase form, even if that type of 'technical' crime is almost never prosecuted). Joe should have pardoned Hunter on the tax case (as Joe did) where Hunter had pleaded already guilty because Hunter had actually taken responsibility. And then Joe should have pardoned Hunter (again, as he did) for anything else that might have transpired because Trump had openly talked about going after Hunter whether or not there was any there there. And Biden should not have talked about selective prosecution and prosecutorial weaponization etc as he did, because that damages the rule of law - I was not happy about Biden using the same language we dislike Trump for.
Even if, in my view, Biden botched the execution of his pardon power in Hunter's case, I'm still glad at the end of the day that he did it, because otherwise Hunter would have been Pam Bondi's first victim for no valid reason.