by Lee Fang at Lee Fang
President Joe Biden issued a pardon yesterday evening for his son, Hunter Biden.
The pardon statement justified the action. Biden wrote that he believed his son was “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” over an unauthorized firearm purchase and a tax charge. “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son — and that is wrong,” the president declared.
The order grants Hunter a pardon “for those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.”
That eleven-year pardon window extends beyond the period of the crimes prosecuted by the Department of Justice. After all, the illegal firearm purchase was on October 12, 2018. Hunter failed to pay his 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 taxes on time.
Why did the president grant a pardon that covers any crime his son “has committed or may have committed” in 2014?
The dates line up almost with the beginning of Hunter’s stint as a Ukrainian energy firm Burisma board member, a gig that paid him about $1 million per year. He began negotiating for the position in the Spring of 2014 and the official announcement was unveiled in May of that year.
As I’ve previously reported,…
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