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Biden Pardons Hunter

This is the THIRD TIME since its creation in November 2019 that my blog showcases the realPfft chestnut “Influence Peddling?”

God help us! The Biden clan strikes again. Whenever anyone during the next four years criticizes the Trump administration for being a cesspool of corruption— blah blah blah— they’ll get a side-eye and the two-word response “Hunter Biden.”

A real piece of work, President Joe Biden— the gift that keeps on giving— has pardoned his son Hunter, a major league screw-up who pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges and was convicted of three felony counts for lying on a federal firearms application.

Ouch!

To quote Google: “In the U.S. criminal tax case against Hunter Biden, prosecutors allege he accepted payments from Romanian businessman Gabriel Popoviciu to influence U.S. government agencies regarding a criminal probe in Romania. Hunter Biden has pleaded guilty on September 5, 2024 to tax evasion and related charges.”

Why the president has the power to grant pardons has always been a total mystery to me. Yes, Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution assigns the president the power to “grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment,” but it just invites cronyism and corruption.

Even making allowances for the questionable paintings which Hunter created and sold for $1.5 million or the $6.5 million in loans which he received from Joe Biden buddy Kevin Morris, the smell of corruption hangs heavy over Hunter’s actions.  

And now his daddy has pardoned him! Well, fuck me! Yes, Joe is a doddering old cuss, but he does have a staff— and his wife Jill— who one assumes are reasonably clear-headed. The optics are so effing terrible, there are no words strong enough to express the public disgust and condemnation.

I know that Joe is vain and wants his place in the history books, but I don’t know if “hopelessly corrupt old geezer” is the label he most desires.

Congrats to the Demoncrats as they hit still another stinkeroo outta the ballpark! 

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DO NOT PARDON TRUMP

Once he is no longer president, Donald John Trump faces a number of legal hurdles. New York state prosecutors are investigating possible tax fraud. At the federal level, there is the emoluments clause, since foreign governments have spent lavishly at Trump’s hotel in Washington, DC and the Mar-a-Lago country club in Florida to gain access to the president. There is possible obstruction of justice regarding the Mueller investigation. Paying to acquire the silence of adult film star Stormy Daniels could be construed as a campaign finance violation. Every time Trump uses the White house for political and campaign events, he is forcing the staff to violate the Hatch Act, which says federal employees may not use their official positions for political purposes. And there is conspiracy to defraud the United States if the Trump administration knowingly sabotaged the U.S. Postal Service in order to screw up mail-in voting.

As president, Trump cannot be charged with a crime. When he is no longer president, however, a time of reckoning fast approaches.  

On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be sworn in as America’s 46th president.

On Thursday, January 21, 2021, President Biden will announce that in order to begin the process of healing a divided nation, and after consulting his pastor, his family and seeking the guidance of Almighty God, he is pardoning Donald J. Trump of all crimes large and small.

Joe Biden is a simple man at heart, a good Christian and kind. All his life experiences point to pardoning his predecessor as the right thing to do. By showing Christian charity, Joe Biden expects that Trump supporters will appreciate this gesture of reconciliation and return the sentiment.

Trump, however, has damaged America, perhaps irreparably. The American people need closure. Pardoning President Trump will short-circuit that process, leaving an open wound.

Democrats are always doing this stupid stuff. All Biden needs to do is keep his trap shut, keep his nose out of the judicial process and let the prosecutors and the courts do their jobs.

Too easy. Never happen!

Three minutes after President Biden makes his announcement, Donald John Trump will tweet, “I am so happy to see that I was Totally Right and the Dems were Totally Wrong. This was all a HOAX and FAKE NEWS to begin with. I never did anything wrong. Faced with making Fools of Themselves, the Democrats have folded their tent and snuck away into the night.”

Trump’s supporters will give the Democratic president the middle finger and chant “Chickenshit president! No balls Biden! Ho ho ho!”

Senator U-Know-Who will go on national television and announce, “This is what we expected from the Democrats. After spending four years trying unsuccessfully to dismantle the Trump presidency, rather than let the president be vindicated in a court of law, President Biden has totally thrown in the towel.”

Liberals, minorities and fellow Democrats will be appalled and take to the streets in protest. To no avail.

The message is clear: Rich people get away with stuff. That has been the story of Donald J. Trump’s life. He wanted court records sealed? But of course, said the judge, no problem. Privacy trumps public interest every time when the defendant is a multi-millionaire.

Gee, who would have thought there would be such a negative reaction?  the Biden people will wonder. The first crisis of the Biden presidency, all the White House can do is hunker down and wait for the storm to pass.

Leaving a gaping crater where there should have been the beginning of a new America with equal justice for all.

    

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