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17 Years Ago, Clemency for Scooter Libby Drew Massive Media Ire

The liberal media have exhibited great compassion for President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter, convicted of multiple federal crimes. “The President came to believe that raw politics had infected the process…he saw how political opponents of his — the President’s — were trying to hurt his son….He thought that the treatment of his son had been cruel,” CNN White House correspondent MJ Lee empathized during breaking news coverage December 1.

“The White House concedes that Donald Trump was a factor here,” ABC’s Mary Bruce helpfully added during Monday’s World News Tonight. “The President was concerned that he wouldn’t let up, that a Trump administration would go after Hunter.”

But in 2007, the liberal networks were much harsher after then-President George W. Bush offered clemency — not a pardon — for ex-Cheney aide Lewis…

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