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Watch Nidhi Razdan: Why Biden pardoned his son Hunter
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2/17/2025
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President Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden over serious charges that he
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had just been convicted for and was about to be sentenced for have drawn a huge question
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mark on Mr Biden's move, his legacy and the appropriateness of what he's done. Ironically,
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Joe Biden while justifying this pardon has actually said that he felt the charges against
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his son were politically motivated and that's why he felt the need to go ahead and pardon
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him. But that is exactly the argument that Donald Trump has invoked when it comes to
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the series of criminal charges that he is facing. So actually Joe Biden has borrowed
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straight from the Trump playbook and it seriously undermines the argument that he has made for
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upholding American democracy, the rule of law. The fact is that Hunter Biden was convicted
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in the US judicial system and was about to face sentencing. As far as the Bidens are
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concerned, their logic for this is that this system under Trump is going to be retributive,
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that Donald Trump would probably have gone after his son very viciously. And Trump has
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made no secret of the fact that retribution is going to be a key part of his second term
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in the Oval Office. But having said that, for Mr Biden to do this now at the fag end
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of his presidency, a presidency that has already been tarnished by so much, including his decision
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to contest a second term, the fact that he refused to step aside early enough so that
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Kamala Harris could step in and so many other things. This has really, in a sense, put a
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seal on that. And unfortunately, ultimately, his presidency will be remembered for this
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last year, which has been not so glorious for him.
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