JONATHAN TURLEY: Joe Biden's pardon of son Hunter cements his legacy as liar in chief

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JONATHAN TURLEY: Joe Biden's pardon of son Hunter cements his legacy as liar in chief​


Biden's action culminates years of lying to the public about his knowledge and intentions in the influence-peddling scandal surrounding his family​


Jonathan Turley
By Jonathan Turley Fox News

Published December 2, 2024 9:02am EST




Biden slammed for pardoning son Hunter after vowing he wouldn't​


Fox News' Madeleine Rivera reports the latest on President Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter. The 'Fox & Friends' co-hosts react to the news and what it means for any current legal proceedings.


President Biden's decision to use his presidential powers on Sunday to pardon his own son will be a decision that lives in infamy in presidential politics. It is not just that the president used his constitutional powers to benefit his family. It is because the action culminates years of lying to the public about his knowledge and intentions in the influence-peddling scandal surrounding his family. Even among past controversies about the use of this pardon power, Biden has cemented his legacy for many, not as the commander in chief, but as the liar in chief.

Despite its noble origins and purpose, the pardon power historically has not been a pristine power used by past presidents. As I have previously written, it was used to benefit the political cronies of past presidents. President Warren Harding was even accused of selling pardons, including to mob enforcer Ignacio Lupo, known as "Lupo the Wolf." Former President Bill Clinton waited for the final days of his presidency to pardon his own brother as well as a major Democratic donor. Trump also pardoned Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. (Charles Kushner was also recently named as Trump's choice of envoy to France.)

In 2023, I wrote that Biden might follow this same pattern and pardon his son as a lame-duck president. The column suggested that Biden might withdraw as a candidate for office and then take action as a father: "The pardon-and-apology approach might appeal to Biden not only as an effort to convert vice into virtue but to justify his withdrawal from the election as a selfless act."
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JONATHAN TURLEY: Joe Biden's pardon of son Hunter cements his legacy as liar in chief

In the 2020 election and throughout his term, President Biden repeatedly lied to the American public with an ease and impunity that shocked even many political veterans in Washington.
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REPUBLICANS HAMMER BIDEN'S 'NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW' CLAIM FOLLOWING HUNTER PARDON: 'AGED LIKE FINE MILK'
 
the legacy news shares in all this shame

as do all the shit stains in here that have screamed about how corrupt the other side is while they refuse to police anything within their party
 
Earl said:
Do you have any sense?
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I do. And I know MAGA gotta govern now - "Huntermania!" isn't going to distract anyone from anything anymore.

Though, I'll get a good laugh out of the pardons Trump issues, without any explanation or criticism from MAGA.
 
Cypress said:
:lolup::lolup:

:magagrin:
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Jonathan Turley is an American attorney, legal scholar, writer, commentator, and legal analyst in broadcast and print journalism.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Turley#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a> A professor at George Washington University Law School, he has testified in United States congressional proceedings about constitutional and statutory issues. He has also testified in multiple impeachment hearings and removal trials in Congress, including the impeachment of President Bill Clinton and both the first and second impeachments of President Donald Trump.
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David Friedman:

“I’m not sure that Joe Biden has fully considered the ramifications of his pardon of Hunter. The pardon is extremely broad and covers activities while Joe was VP. This means that Hunter cannot plead the Fifth if asked about his business dealings with Ukraine and China, including his Dad’s involvement, because, with his pardon, he has no risk of criminal jeopardy.”

Indeed.
 
BartenderElite said:
I do. And I know MAGA gotta govern now - "Huntermania!" isn't going to distract anyone from anything anymore.

Though, I'll get a good laugh out of the pardons Trump issues, without any explanation or criticism from MAGA.
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Trump never said that he would not pardon anyone.

Biden said, on multiple occasions that he would not pardon Cocaine Hunter.
 
Biden could have saved tax payers thousands of hours of investigative work and millions of dollars had he said that he would pardon Hunter if he was convicted.

Hunter did not pay his taxes but if we don’t, we go to jail. If we commit federal gun crines, we go to jail but Hunter doesn’t.

The Constitution should have exempted family members from being pardoned.
 
The only legacy it "cements" if it needed cementing is that of a family man in a hyper partisan, animus filled country.
 
Earl said:

JONATHAN TURLEY: Joe Biden's pardon of son Hunter cements his legacy as liar in chief​


Biden's action culminates years of lying to the public about his knowledge and intentions in the influence-peddling scandal surrounding his family​


Jonathan Turley
By Jonathan Turley Fox News

Published December 2, 2024 9:02am EST




Biden slammed for pardoning son Hunter after vowing he wouldn't​


Fox News' Madeleine Rivera reports the latest on President Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter. The 'Fox & Friends' co-hosts react to the news and what it means for any current legal proceedings.


President Biden's decision to use his presidential powers on Sunday to pardon his own son will be a decision that lives in infamy in presidential politics. It is not just that the president used his constitutional powers to benefit his family. It is because the action culminates years of lying to the public about his knowledge and intentions in the influence-peddling scandal surrounding his family. Even among past controversies about the use of this pardon power, Biden has cemented his legacy for many, not as the commander in chief, but as the liar in chief.

Despite its noble origins and purpose, the pardon power historically has not been a pristine power used by past presidents. As I have previously written, it was used to benefit the political cronies of past presidents. President Warren Harding was even accused of selling pardons, including to mob enforcer Ignacio Lupo, known as "Lupo the Wolf." Former President Bill Clinton waited for the final days of his presidency to pardon his own brother as well as a major Democratic donor. Trump also pardoned Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. (Charles Kushner was also recently named as Trump's choice of envoy to France.)

In 2023, I wrote that Biden might follow this same pattern and pardon his son as a lame-duck president. The column suggested that Biden might withdraw as a candidate for office and then take action as a father: "The pardon-and-apology approach might appeal to Biden not only as an effort to convert vice into virtue but to justify his withdrawal from the election as a selfless act."
www.foxnews.com

JONATHAN TURLEY: Joe Biden's pardon of son Hunter cements his legacy as liar in chief

In the 2020 election and throughout his term, President Biden repeatedly lied to the American public with an ease and impunity that shocked even many political veterans in Washington.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com


REPUBLICANS HAMMER BIDEN'S 'NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW' CLAIM FOLLOWING HUNTER PARDON: 'AGED LIKE FINE MILK'
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Turley has an odd way of spelling "loser."
 
Earl said:
Yes, Marty the Biden Crime Family is now cemented into American history.

Poor Marty.
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It's obvious, seeing he does it all the time, that Earl hopes his own standing is protected by referring to others as "poor" so and so regardless of his comments inevitable lack of merit.

Poor Earl
 
Earl said:

JONATHAN TURLEY: Joe Biden's pardon of son Hunter cements his legacy as liar in chief​


Biden's action culminates years of lying to the public about his knowledge and intentions in the influence-peddling scandal surrounding his family​


Jonathan Turley
By Jonathan Turley Fox News

Published December 2, 2024 9:02am EST




Biden slammed for pardoning son Hunter after vowing he wouldn't​


Fox News' Madeleine Rivera reports the latest on President Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter. The 'Fox & Friends' co-hosts react to the news and what it means for any current legal proceedings.


President Biden's decision to use his presidential powers on Sunday to pardon his own son will be a decision that lives in infamy in presidential politics. It is not just that the president used his constitutional powers to benefit his family. It is because the action culminates years of lying to the public about his knowledge and intentions in the influence-peddling scandal surrounding his family. Even among past controversies about the use of this pardon power, Biden has cemented his legacy for many, not as the commander in chief, but as the liar in chief.

Despite its noble origins and purpose, the pardon power historically has not been a pristine power used by past presidents. As I have previously written, it was used to benefit the political cronies of past presidents. President Warren Harding was even accused of selling pardons, including to mob enforcer Ignacio Lupo, known as "Lupo the Wolf." Former President Bill Clinton waited for the final days of his presidency to pardon his own brother as well as a major Democratic donor. Trump also pardoned Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. (Charles Kushner was also recently named as Trump's choice of envoy to France.)

In 2023, I wrote that Biden might follow this same pattern and pardon his son as a lame-duck president. The column suggested that Biden might withdraw as a candidate for office and then take action as a father: "The pardon-and-apology approach might appeal to Biden not only as an effort to convert vice into virtue but to justify his withdrawal from the election as a selfless act."
www.foxnews.com

JONATHAN TURLEY: Joe Biden's pardon of son Hunter cements his legacy as liar in chief

In the 2020 election and throughout his term, President Biden repeatedly lied to the American public with an ease and impunity that shocked even many political veterans in Washington.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com


REPUBLICANS HAMMER BIDEN'S 'NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW' CLAIM FOLLOWING HUNTER PARDON: 'AGED LIKE FINE MILK'
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That’s hysterical, not only a Trump loyalist labeling anyone else a liar but Turley, who would sell anything for a dime, morally challenging another, MAGA just keeps getting funnier by tbe day
 
martin said:
It's obvious, seeing he does it all the time, that Earl hopes his own standing is protected by referring to others as "poor" so and so regardless of his comments inevitable lack of merit.

Poor Earl
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My standing does not depend on far left loons like you, Walter.

I place merit on what the educated, informed, erudite posters on the right think of my posts.

They usually agree and say so.

Poor Marty.
 
archives said:
That’s hysterical, not only a Trump loyalist labeling anyone else a liar but Turley, who would sell anything for a dime, morally challenging another, MAGA just keeps getting funnier by tbe day
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Professor Turley is a highly respected professor of law, Anchovies.

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