On Sunday night, Joe Biden decided that now was the moment. Yes, he had promised he was not going to pardon his son, Hunter, on gun and tax charges, but hell, he’s leaving office. There is no reason for him to lie anymore.
So, he released a statement announcing he is pardoning his son on all charges, not just granting commutation of the sentence. He could have granted commutation, meaning he could have left all of the guilty pleas and convictions on the books without his son having to go to jail.
Instead, he decided to issue a full pardon, meaning that his son’s record was wiped clean. Biden didn’t just issue a full pardon for the things Hunter was convicted of or to which he pled guilty; he issued a full pardon dating all the way back to January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024, nearly an 11-year period.
A blanket pardon for everything Hunter had done.
Obvious was the hilarious…
