by Mia Cathell at Townhall
Legal analyst Jonathan Turley has weighed in on President Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter, after promising the American people he wouldn’t.
In a scathing column posted Monday morning for Fox News, Turley said that by doing so, Biden set a standard that’s not merely a new low reached but a “subterraneous” precedent for future presidents.
On Sunday night, Biden announced he’s handing Hunter a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free card for his convicted felonies and any crimes he may have committed over a 10-year period from January 1, 2014, to December 1, 2024, covering anything from the mundane to murder.
Now, a decade’s worth of wrongdoing is being buried under “a sweeping pardon and a pack of presidential lies,” Turley wrote, cementing the lame-duck president’s legacy as a “liar-in-chief.”
Biden’s decision to use his presidential powers to pardon his own son will be a decision that “lives in infamy,” Turley said. “Even among past scandals in the abuse of the pardon power, Biden has done lasting damage not just to his legacy but his office.”
The president’s maneuver culminates years of lying about his…
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