The experts looked at the data. And what they found surprised them. The breadth of Hunter Bidens pardon was extraordinary, shielding him from the repercussions of all crimes, known and unknown, over a period of 10 years. No other pardon has been this broad, with the closest historic parallel was that of Nixon, whom was only pardoned for any crimes that occurred over a period of 4 years.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/02/hunter-biden-presidential-pardon-comparisons/The extraordinary breadth of Hunter Biden’s pardonPresident Joe Biden’s pardon of son Hunter for any offenses over a nearly 11-year period doesn’t have many, if any, direct historical parallels.It’s one thing for a president to pardon his son. It’s another to do it like this.President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, on Sunday is exceptional not just because of the pardon’s recipient — the closest family member to receive a pardon in history — but also for its sheer breadth, according to experts on presidential pardons.Biden didn’t just pardon his son for his convictions on tax and gun charges, but for any “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024.”That’s a nearly 11-year period during which any federal crime Hunter Biden might have committed — and there are none we are aware of beyond what has already been adjudicated — can’t be prosecuted. It notably covers when he was appointed to the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma in 2014 all the way through Sunday, well after the crimes for which he was prosecuted.Hunter Biden hasn’t been charged for his activities with regard to Burisma or anything beyond his convictions, and nothing in the public record suggests criminal charges could be around the bend.
>>1366276Even still, the scope of the pardon is remarkable. Experts say there is little to no precedent for a pardon covering such a wide range of activity over such a long period, with the closest being Gerald Ford’s 1974 pardon of Richard M. Nixon after Nixon resigned post-Watergate.Hunter Biden’s pardon “isn’t tied to any special counsel investigation or charging document,” Sam Morison, who spent 13 years working for the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney, said via email. “The only pardon grant that comes close is Ford’s pardon of Nixon for any crimes he may have committed from 1969 to 1974, which on its face would have included crimes (if any) unrelated to Watergate.”Experts pointed to several broad, preemptive and blanket pardons that bear similarities to the one covering Hunter Biden. But they also feature some key differences.The language of the Nixon pardon cited crimes he “has committed or may have committed” between Jan. 20, 1969, and Aug. 9, 1974 — language similar to Hunter Biden’s pardon.As noted, that is not Watergate-specific, and the dates cover Nixon’s entire presidency. But it’s a period roughly half as long as that covered under Hunter Biden’s pardon. There’s also the fact that some of Nixon’s actions might already have been exempt from prosecution by virtue of his role as president — something Hunter Biden doesn’t benefit from.Jimmy Carter in 1976 pardoned most of those who dodged the Vietnam War draft between Aug. 4, 1964, and March 28, 1973. That covered a large group of people, but the pardon was only for violating Military Selective Service Act and related regulationsOther presidents have also issued blanket amnesties for large groups of people tied to specific events or specific crimes.Benjamin Harrison did so in 1893 for Mormon polygamists, noting that they had “abstained from such unlawful cohabitation” by 1890. But that was, likewise, for a specific crime
Andrew Johnson issued individual pardons for 13,000 Confederate soldiers after the Civil War, granting them clemency for “all offences by him committed, arising from participation, direct or implied” in the rebellion.“These individual pardons were issued by Johnson throughout his term, and particularly during its first two years,” Frank O. Bowman III, a pardon expert at the University of Missouri School of Law, said in an email. “Hence, they reached back some 6-8 years.”George Washington did so in 1794 for participants of the Whiskey Rebellion. The pardoned conduct was broad — the pardon was for those who had “directly or indirectly engaged in the wicked and unhappy tumults and disturbances lately” and encompassed residents of several counties — but it was at least tied to one event.A couple of other more recent examples that involve pardoning figures for crimes committed in high-profile scandals bear some similarities to the Hunter Biden pardon.George H.W. Bush in 1992 pardoned six figures in the Iran-contra affair, including former defense secretary Caspar Weinberger, “for all offenses charged or prosecuted by Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh or other member of his office, or committed by these individuals and within the jurisdiction of that office.”And now-President-elect Donald Trump in 2020 pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn for “any and all possible offenses” arising from facts or circumstances that were “in any matter related” to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation.The latter went even further than the former, by pardoning Flynn for conduct even just somehow related to the special counsel’s investigation. At the time, some experts regarded it as the broadest act of clemency since Nixon’s pardon.
“Flynn’s pardon was broad, to be sure, but not nearly as broad as Hunter’s,” Morison said.There is some question about whether such a broad pardon for unspecified crimes is constitutional, an issue that arose when reports indicated Trump might preemptively pardon family members at the tail end of his first term.The Nixon pardon was not tested in court. But the Supreme Court said amid Johnson’s post-Civil War pardons that a president’s pardon power “extends to every offence known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken or during their pendency or after conviction and judgment.”There is some subjectivity here in comparing these pardons. Hunter Biden’s known actions come up well shy of the magnitude of participating in a rebellion against the United States or some of the high-profile scandals mentioned above, for example.And it’s worth emphasizing how extraordinarily political many of Trump’s pardons were — granting clemency to numerous political allies and several people wrapped up in investigations involving Trump, including Flynn. Trump surely stretched the bounds of presidential pardon power.But there’s no question that Biden’s exercise of his pardon power on Sunday also stretched those bounds — and on behalf of his son, no less.“The Nixon pardon is the only precedent in modern times for such a broad pardon, which purports to insulate Hunter Biden from prosecution for crimes that have not even been charged,” said Margaret Love, who served as U.S. pardon attorney under Bush and Bill Clinton.“Some of the Trump pardons were also disruptive of ongoing prosecutions,” Love said, adding that they were at least “directed to specific charged conduct.”
Based Joe Biden
>>1366276>ai slopfuck off russian bot. We know the government is corrupt
>>1366280fpbp
The GOP has been so fixated over Hunter for so long because he represented the only shred of hope for them to find evidence that Biden Sr. had some illicit dealings with Burisma. But depite months of testimony during their fishing expeditions, they turned up nothing. A pardon was the only thing that could bring an end to the charade, because the GOP absolutely would've made his life more of a living hell once they had power.
Oh yea?? guess what?? UNPARDONBAM!!!
>>1366301Except Biden asked his friend Putin to attack Ukraine to destroy the evidence.
>>1366283>If someone speaks poorly of Joe fucking Biden it must be a plot by PutinWhat is wrong with you people?
>>1366301What could they do to him if he didn't commit any crimes?
>>1366321Make a firmly worded public statement
>>1366321Ask Rep. James Comer.
Biden Derangement Syndrome is really pathetic.
>>1366332Have you noticed how they're running out of boogeymen? Pelosi and Hillary are out of the game. Biden's done and Kamala won't be heard from for years. Who will they have to demonize now? They need to find someone bigger than Adam Schiff.
>>1366333They'll run out of places to point when they run outta fingers for pointing with.Expect an increase as things rapidly go to shit and gain speed.
>>1366332>>1366333>>1366340The pure level of projection here is astounding
>>1366345Trump is senile.
>>1366345It's not projection. It's prediction.Based on observation of the variables in play cross referenced with the history of human behaviours.You can disagree with this prediction if you wish. I consider this unwise, but I will admit to bias.
>>1366348Well, prediction on my part. I can't speak for the other posters...
>>1366347Less so than Lich King Biden
>>1366357Biden didn't have a stroke in 2020 like Trump did. Trump never recovered.
I thought the kickback that Kushner gave tRump was theE most corrupt. Biden is very sneaky though ss he never gets caught
>>1366366>I thought the kickback that Kushner gave tRump was theE most corruptYour dreams and fantasies don't really qualify as corruption though
>>1366276What a disgrace, I wanted to watch republicans fumble around for 4 more years trying to find more Hunter nudes. They can't seem to get enough.
>>1366358Trump didn't either but I know that's what you believe from Twitter.
>>1366371You think he's self-control enough to stop? There'll be more.
>The GOP is pretending to care about norms now.Don't care.
>>1366276democrats and their intel dogs are the biggest traitors in US historyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrJhQpvlkLA
>>1366445Watching it now Good interview, but no doubt braindead libtards will start throwing around terms like "Putin's puppet" or "Kremlin mouthpiece" because this guy told the truth
>>1366367tRump got a taste of that 3B that the Sodies gave Kushner. Ivanka bought 100M of tRump's cards on the sly.
>>1366280This. The only more based thing he could do is shoot Trump point blank and then use Trump's own new rule about all presidential actions being legal to make himself immune.
Hi. This post is for the anon who, when I posted ironically "gee I wonder if Biden will interfere in the process" after Hunter's charges were first announced, said "no he won't because he has respect for the rule of law and the process." Yeah, just thought I'd drop in here to remind you about that and laugh in your retarded fucking face.
>>1366836Good post
>>1366301>Hunter did nothing illegal so that’s why he needed a ten year blanket pardonThe absolute fucking state of leftard doublethink.
>>1366862Lmao.Bidenbros be like that tho
>>1366862Didn't your own president pardon several people who lied on his behalf during inquiries into him? And then only got out of charges by getting reelected, forcing the cases to be dropped because they couldn't be continued while he was in power instead of any actual innocence being proven?
I think trump and biden are both old faggots but what you fuckers need to understand is that if you keep coming for the president or his family, whoever they are, you are only showing your taint and your sore losership. Get a fucking life, you are gonna lose elections sometimes, the moment you give up peaceful transfer of power in lieu of witchhunting you are giving up the language of morality.
>>1366883Forget Trump for 10 minutes, if you can.Do you think Hunter is guilty of some serious shit involving Burisma that he hasn't been charged with?If not, then why pardon him for "any possible crimes" starting in January 1st 2014? Long before anyone knew Trump was going to run for PresidentIs it possible that your hatred of Trump is being used to cover up for the "big man" getting "10%" of Hunters pay-offs from energy oligarchs and chinese communist party members?If a tree falls in a forrest and nobody hears it, is that Trumps fault too?Are you being paid to cover up Bidens crimes or do you do it for free?
>>1366918I read this post in the Ancient Aliens voice.
>>1366918>Forget Trump for 10 minutes, if you can.I can't I'm obsessed. I think of Trump all the time, bro.
>>1366918Good post
>>1366737>retarded democrat still thinks biden is on their sideLmao, If biden had the chance he'd of "accidentally" offed his cabinet that forced him to retire from the reelection.
>>1366883nice goalpost moving, maybe you should just die. libshit.If you had any common sense and watched the trials you'd know how full of shit it was. Name me one time when misdeanors were elevated to felonies and the judge allowed exception after exception to bypass the statues of limitations, and refuse to move the venue from a deep blue cesspit despite being petitioned for due to unreasonable jury bias. All the while leftist retards are trying to gaslight people saying it was fair and impartial, Know what'll be fair and impartial in that case when trump builds a furnace and throws you in it you were judged by the president to be a treasonous asshole it's only fair you suffer the consequences it's just the law man.
>>1367211How does someone get to be this indoctrinated?
>>1367214gotta love the braindead americans like you. so easy to gaslight so easy to lie to.If you died no one would give a damn. stop polluting the world with your garbage
