Throughout President Biden’s term, we’ve had so many stories that we deemed “shocking but not surprising” that it became a regular category of news stories. And on Sunday night, at the end of a long holiday weekend when most people were in tryptophan comas, Biden dropped the mother of all “shocking but not surprising” stories: he gave his prodigal son Hunter a full pardon. Not just for everything we know he did, but for everything we might find out that he did over an 11-year period (the mind reels at that thought!) It’s not just a presidential pardon, it’s a “Get Out Of Jail Free” platinum card.

https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter/

The reaction from Republicans was also unsurprising, with Congressional leaders denouncing it as another example of two-tiered justice from the most lawless Administration in history.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/02/gop-leaders-slam-liar-and-hypocrite-bidens-outrageous-hunter-pardon-most-lawless-administration-in-history/

But the pardon is no surprise, despite the fact that Biden repeatedly swore he would not interfere with the justice system or the jury verdict by pardoning his son. Recall, he also swore he would return normality to politics, he wouldn’t raise taxes on anyone earning over $200,000 a year, he knew nothing about Hunter’s shady deals and never met with his clients, and that Hunter’s laptop was Russian disinformation. So why would anyone believe him when he said he wouldn’t pardon Hunter? We can’t wait to hear Karine Jean-Pierre channel Gene Wilder in “Young Frankenstein”: “Don’t you people know a JOKE when you hear one?!”

Of course, with Joe having been found officially too old and feeble to be prosecuted (although not too old and feeble to continue to be President), this means both Hunter and Joe will be safe from any legal consequences for their (alleged!) long-running family influence-peddling racket. This makes it the most successful high-level corruption ring in American history.

Of course, there are other Biden family members who allegedly benefited, but Biden could always pardon them, too, before leaving office. Some are questioning why he chose to do this now instead of at the last minute. Hunter was scheduled to be sentenced in a few weeks, but chances are he wouldn’t have seen the inside of a jail cell before Trump’s inauguration.

Pardoning Hunter now distracts media attention from the Democrats’ manufactured “OUTRAGE!” over Trump’s Cabinet picks and reminds Americans of the powerful stench of Democrat corruption, which only helps Trump and his message of cleaning up the DC swamp (maybe we should call it a sewer.) Perhaps Biden did it as revenge for being thrown overboard by his Party, like his endorsement of Kamala Harris. It also sucks the air out of the Democrats’ bloviating about Trump pardoning January 6^th political prisoners.

Perhaps even better for Trump, in making the sweeping pardon, Biden released a stunningly dishonest statement, claiming poor little Hunter was unfairly targeted by the DOJ for political reasons. In truth, they tried to give him an unprecedented sweetheart deal that was only stopped because the judge read it and was appalled. According to Joe, virtually nobody is actually punished for tax evasion or lying about being a drug addict on gun purchase forms. Really? You try that (WARNING! We’re speaking rhetorically: Do NOT try that!) It is nice of him to admit, though, that not even Democrats take the gun laws they force on us seriously.

Only after Hunter’s crimes became such a hot potato that they were impossible to cover up was the DOJ forced to do its job (which, coincidentally, gave them justification for claiming they were “nonpartisan” as they waged lawfare on Trump and his supporters.)

But in making that self-serving claim that really isn’t true for Hunter, Joe verified that his DOJ is corrupt and unfairly prosecutes people for political reasons. That gives Trump all the ammunition he needs to pardon his supporters who’ve been targeted and to clean out their partisan rats’ nests. Trump made that clear with his reaction to the news on social media:

“Does the pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J6 hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!”

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/12/01/trump-reacts-to-hunter-biden-pardons-such-an-abuse-and-miscarriage-of-justice-n2182685

This anti-climax is frustrating for anyone who cares about justice, since all we can ever hope is that some real journalists (i.e., conservative journalists) will eventually put together the full story of this sleazy scheme and make it all public. It’s a twisted and wide-ranging web of corruption. Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene wrote an X post reminding us of all the corrupt members of the “justice” system who turned a blind eye or actively worked to cover it up, and of the fact that the FBI raided Barron Trump’s bedroom but not Hunter Biden’s.

https://thelibertydaily.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-breaks-down-hunter-pardon-warns/

Law professor Jonathan Turley also blasted the pardon, calling it “disgraceful” and “a decision that lives in infamy in presidential politics.” He eviscerated Biden’s rationale for the pardon and said that after all his denials that he would ever do it, this cements his legacy as the “liar-in-chief.”

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-joe-bidens-pardon-son-hunter-cements-his-legacy-liar-chief