A pretty mundane act of fatherhood. If you had the power to prevent your kid from going to jail for something that was done a 5 years ago most people would do it. It wasn't a violent crime that he is being pardoned from so its not that much different than all the pardons Trump did in his first term for all the fraud convictions.
Critics argue the move undermines the judicial process, while supporters view it as within Biden’s constitutional powers.
It's both. I'm very disappointed by this. I had hoped Biden would maintain integrity on this.
Side note - it's funny to watch how quickly leftists are descending into maga-like craziness defending this obvious abuse of power.
"Trump did worse" is not a principle.
What 'leftist' supports Biden?! The political compass in the US is..... Special I guess? There's no 'left' on the mainstream political spectrum in the US as far as I can see. Libs are not leftists by any standard in any country outside of the US. The Dems are to the right of the right coalition in charge of my country right now.
So harvey dent was right, You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
Uncanny
Is this just a distraction from the incoming administration refusing to sign ethics statements they signed into law, or avoiding background checks for sensitive government positions
"We take the high road" mfers when the low road people go after his son:
The scary thing about this is not that he did it. But that this is where we are at. I believe (I'm not from the us and don't follow politics so could be wrong). That Biden believed in the system and thought others did too.
But with Trump coming in, he now believes the system is broken. What he believed in is broken. And as such he's getting what's his, for himself. And now democrat or Republican they both will stomp on the US system to get what they want.
And I have no doubt that the US people are really going to learn what that truly means. When you throwaway the guard rails that you used to believe in. I hope you watch closely.
presidential pardons shouldn't be based on personal intrests. you have opened the floodgates for Trump
Lol this thread is awful. The amount of you guys defending this because it's "your team", absolutely pathetic blue MAGA trash
I love how the top comment is essentially whataboutism.
Post: Joe Biden does thing.
Lemmy: TRUUUUUUUUMP.
Fuck that. Peacefully handing over the country to the oligarchy and this is what he uses his now completely unlimited presidential power for. What a fucking dick.
He could have expanded the court. He could have abolished the electoral college. He could have assassinated Trump. He could have done anything to help anyone but his family but he didn't. What a fucking dick.
EDIT: Not suggesting he should have gone dark Brandon and assassinated Trump.
Hunter individually didn't really deserve a pardon for tax offenses but I can understand it. Hopefully since we're going full fuck it mode with presidential powers Biden can do something much more deserving of the powers like removing marijuana as a controlled substance and pardoning non-violent marijuana felons.
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