President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter appears to have given President-elect Donald Trump a pretext to follow through on his own pledges to pardon myriad Jan. 6 defendants and to pursue a rigorous overhaul of the Department of Justice.
Despite repeated denials from the White House that he would do so, Biden announced his son’s pardon on Sunday evening, saying he had been unfairly prosecuted and that he believed the DOJ had singled out his son.
“From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” he said.
The development stunned Democrats, many of whom had adamantly insisted that Biden would not pardon his son and that “no one is above the law” when defending the DOJ prosecutions of Trump. Republicans, however, were not so shocked and some have already suggested that the outgoing commander-in-chief set a precedent for his successor.
“No one in the media better complain when J6ers get their pardons now,” said Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. […]
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