Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro slammed President Joe Biden on Sunday after the president announced that he is pardoning his son, Hunter, before he is set to be sentenced for gun and tax evasion crimes later this month. Biden’s pardon of Hunter came after the president said multiple times earlier this year that he would not pardon Hunter if he was convicted. Shapiro said the extensive nature of Hunter’s pardon also takes President Biden “off the hook by proxy.” “Tonight, we found out that [Hunter] was not only pardoned on the charges for which he ended up being criminally convicted or pleading guilty, he was actually pardoned with regard to anything he did between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024 — including but not limited to all offenses charged or prosecuted, including any that have resulted in convictions by special counsel David C. Weiss,” Shapiro said. “That is what Joe Biden issued tonight,” he added. “So it is not just the stuff that he is actually guilty of; it is anything else — any offense that he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during that entire period.” My instant reaction to Joe Biden PARDONING Hunter pic.twitter.com/GyYkjQMe98 — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 2, 2024 Shapiro noted that the ten-year period includes in the pardon “pretty much everything related to the Burisma period,” when Biden and his family members are accused of a worldwide influence peddling scheme. The scheme, which was unraveled by the House Oversight Committee, included Hunter being tapped as business associate to the Ukrainian energy company Burisma’s board of directors. Biden released a statement on his pardon of Hunter, writing in part, “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son – and that is wrong.” Hunter Biden faced charges following the collapse of what critics panned as a “sweetheart” plea deal that may have spared him from a prison sentence. In his statement, President Biden bemoaned how the plea agreement “unraveled” with “a number of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process.” He also insisted, “Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter’s cases,” adding that “raw politics” tainted the process and led to “a miscarriage of justice.” Shapiro ripped that statement as “self-serving,” adding that the Justice Department pointed to its prosecution of Hunter as a “balancing act” while it continued to go after then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE “Understand the corruption here: the entire attempt to convict Hunter Biden was done as a balancing act in order to demonstrate that they were not, in fact, a tool of the Democratic administration,” the Daily Wire editor emeritus said. “Their case was, ‘We can prosecute Donald Trump willy-nilly, but we’re not biased because we are also prosecuting Hunter.’ But Republicans were saying, ‘Yeah, that’s all well and good except that you know Joe is going to pardon Hunter the minute that he has the opportunity to do so, so it’s all a fake.” “It turns out we were all right. It was a fake,” he added. “I get it, you’re a dad,” Shapiro said of Biden. “But you’re also a super corrupt dad. None of these excuses hold water. You don’t get to claim that you agree with the justice system while you simultaneously undermine it through one of the most corrupt pardons in American history.” Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report. 

Anyone who might be anticipating a clash between the White House press corps and Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is likely going to have to wait at least a few days while Biden travels to Angola. As soon as the news broke that President Joe Biden had issued a blanket pardon for his embattled son, Hunter Biden — who has been convicted on several felony charges and was still awaiting sentencing — many predicted an inevitable dust-up between reporters and Jean-Pierre, primarily because the latter has repeatedly insisted that Biden had no intention of issuing such a pardon. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Curtis Houck posted video from a regular White House briefing that took place just one month prior, showing Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asking Jean-Pierre about a potential pardon for Hunter — and as she had in the past, the press secretary insisted that there was no such pardon coming. WATCH: REWIND to @JacquiHeinrich from less than a month ago https://t.co/r4a5YrUxcO — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 2, 2024 “I’m so ready for the next Peter Doocy exchange with Karine Jean-Pierre,” one posted. I’m so ready for the next Peter Doocy exchange with Karine Jean-Pierre ? pic.twitter.com/ekYarMUlda — ??Jessica?? (@Jessica_4_Trump) December 2, 2024 When someone asked whether Jean-Pierre was “dreading” the inevitable flood of questions, Heinrich pointed out the fact that there would be no briefing at all — and therefore no televised questions — for at least a few days. “There won’t be any — no press briefing for the next few days. Biden issued the pardon before jetting to Angola late tonight. KJP will take questions on Air Force 1 en route, but off-camera …” Heinrich posted. There won’t be any – no press briefing for the next few days. Biden issued the pardon before jetting to Angola late tonight. KJP will take questions on Air Force 1 en route, but off-camera…. https://t.co/rdGpucifc0 — Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) December 2, 2024 Jean-Pierre has repeated her claim that Biden would not issue a pardon for his son on several occasions. FLASHBACK: KJP in August 2023 said there was "no" possibility Joe Biden will pardon his son Hunter. Joe just pardoned Hunter. pic.twitter.com/xoKjnuFnfl — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) December 2, 2024 FLASHBACK: Karine Jean Pierre is a liar. REPORTER in SEPTEMBER 2023: "Would the president pardon or commute [the sentence of] his son if he's convicted?" KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: No Joe just pardoned Hunter. pic.twitter.com/xt6JnA8lJm — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) December 2, 2024 Just days after President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, Jean-Pierre repeated her claim. Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about Joe Biden pardoning Hunter on November 7 following Trump's victory. Her response: "We’ve been asked that question multiple times.  Our answer stands, which is no." pic.twitter.com/DKfkhGsxxg — James Lynch (@jameslynch32) December 2, 2024 Biden became the first president to issue a pardon for his own child on Sunday. Hunter Biden previously made history when he became the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a felony.

Republicans and top conservatives slammed President Joe Biden on Sunday night after he pardoned his son Hunter Biden from every crime he committed or may have committed over an 11-year period of time. “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” Biden said. “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.” Biden lied in his statement, falsely claiming that his son was only charged because “several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election.” “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son – and that is wrong,” Biden claimed. “There has been an effort to break Hunter – who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution. In trying to break Hunter, they’ve tried to break me – and there’s no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Biden’s sweeping pardon for his son was met with instant backlash from conservatives who called it a corrupt abuse of power. “Joe Biden has lied from start to finish,” said House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) in a post on X. “It’s unfortunate that, rather than come clean about their decades of wrongdoing, President Biden and his family continue to do everything they can to avoid accountability.” Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), the incoming Senate Majority Whip, said in a post on X, “Tonight’s pardon is wrong. It proves to the American people that there is a two-tier system of justice.” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) wrote on X: “Democrats said there was nothing to our impeachment inquiry. If that’s the case, why did Joe Biden just issue Hunter Biden a pardon for the very things we were inquiring about?” “Never forget: while Hunter was selling access to ‘the big guy,’ Joe Biden’s administration sent SWAT teams to the homes of prolifers; recruited spies in Catholic parishes; treated parents as domestic terrorists; and prosecuted Trump,” said Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO). “The most lawless administration in history.” Sen.-elect Jim Banks (R-IN) noted that the time period that Biden pardoned his son for included the entire time that he worked at the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, which was the center of the Democrats’ first impeachment of Trump. Joe Biden issued a pardon to Hunter Biden for any crimes that he might have committed since 2014. Why such a specific year? Well, Hunter Biden just so happened to join the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy firm, in that same year, 2014. So corrupt! pic.twitter.com/xfC7o7OUuK — Jim Banks (@Jim_Banks) December 2, 2024 “Most Americans can sympathize with a father’s decision to pardon his son, even if they disagree,” said Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR). “What they can’t forgive is Biden lying about it repeatedly before the election.” “Remember, the Biden DOJ tried to give Hunter a corrupt sweetheart deal that was only stopped when the judge asked questions. This entire ordeal has been an affront to the rule of law,” he continued. “Democrats can spare us the lectures about the rule of law when, say, President Trump nominates Pam Bondi and Kash Patel to clean up this corruption.”

The IRS officials who came forward and blew the whistle on the Biden administration obstructing a federal investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, slammed the president for pardoning his son on Sunday night for the crimes that he committed. The statement from the two whistleblowers came after Biden issued a sweeping pardon for every crime his son committed or may have committed during an 11 year period. “No amount of lies or spin can hide the simple truth that the Justice Department nearly let the President’s son off the hook for multiple felonies,” said IRS Whistleblowers Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and Special Agent Joe Ziegler in a joint statement. “We did our duty, told the truth, and followed the law,” they continued. “Anyone reading the President’s excuses now should remember that Hunter Biden admitted to his tax crimes in federal court, that Hunter Biden’s attorneys have targeted us for our lawful whistleblower disclosures, and that we are suing one of those attorneys for smearing us with false accusations.” They said that Biden put “his thumb on the scales of justice for his son” and that the entire world was able to see his corruption because he was forced to do it by issuing a pardon rather than “his political appointees doing it secretly behind the scenes.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE “Either way it is a sad day for law abiding taxpayers to witness this special privilege for the powerful,” they added. ???IRS Whistleblowers Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and Special Agent Joe Ziegler made the following statement after President Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden. ⬇️ “No amount of lies or spin can hide the simple truth that the Justice Department nearly let the… — Empower Oversight (@EMPOWR_us) December 2, 2024 Congress received testimony from the whistleblowers in 2023 that exposed efforts from the Biden administration to keep Hunter Biden from being charged. The Biden DOJ and Hunter Biden’s legal team settled the matter last summer in a “sweetheart plea deal” that later fell apart under scrutiny by a judge who raised concerns about an immunity clause.

One Democrat governor and one Democrat member of U.S. Congress spoke out against President Joe Biden pardoning his son on Sunday night despite his repeated lies that he would not do so. Biden issued a sweeping pardon for his son that covered every crime he committed “or may have committed or taken part in” over an 11 year period. Far-left Colorado Governor Jared Polis posted on X: “While as a father I certainly understand President @JoeBiden ’s natural desire to help his son by pardoning him, I am disappointed that he put his family ahead of the country.” “This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation,” he continued. “When you become President, your role is Pater familias of the nation. Hunter brought the legal trouble he faced on himself, and one can sympathize with his struggles while also acknowledging that no one is above the law, not a President and not a President’s son.” While as a father I certainly understand President @JoeBiden’s natural desire to help his son by pardoning him, I am disappointed that he put his family ahead of the country. This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation.… — Jared Polis (@jaredpolis) December 2, 2024 Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) posted on X that Biden “got this one wrong.” “This wasn’t a politically-motivated prosecution,” he said. “Hunter committed felonies, and was convicted by a jury of his peers.” President-elect Donald Trump slammed Joe Biden for pardoning his son despite his promise that he would not. “Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years?” Trump asked on social media. “Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!” A spokesperson for the president said in a separate statement that “the failed witch hunts against President Trump have proven that the Democrat-controlled DOJ and other radical prosecutors are guilty of weaponizing the justice system.” “That system of justice must be fixed and due process must be restored for all Americans, which is exactly what President Trump will do as he returns to the White House with an overwhelming mandate from the American people,” the spokesperson added.

The political world has been roiled by the (not at all surprising) news of President Joe Biden’s grant of a pardon to his controversial son, Hunter. Holiday weekend notwithstanding, the Regime Media are hard at work furiously spinning the pardon. Watch as former Republican Congressman (IL) and MSNBC Never Trumper regular Joe Walsh react to the pardon in real time, seemingly shocked at discovering that perhaps Joe Biden isn’t the paragon of virtue he billed himself out to be- and with a tone reserved for the child who first discovers the truth about Santa Claus:  Joe Walsh decrying the Hunter Biden pardon on MSNBC and being met with "a father's love" is PURE CINEMA pic.twitter.com/AkZwWZ6PVC — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) December 2, 2024 MSNBC AYMAN 12/1/24 8:37 PM MELISSA MURRAY: Joining us now to talk about the rhetoric on Capitol Hill with regard to Hunter Biden is Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh. Welcome. Congressman Walsh, what do you make of this? What is likely to be the response on Capitol Hill to this breaking news? JOE WALSH: Good to be with you. See? I told you so. They're all like that. So the next time any of us complain about anything Trump does, this -- this pardon is just deflating. For those of us who have been out there for a few years now yelling about what a unique threat Donald Trump is, for Joe Biden to do something like this, Trump -- “nobody's above the law,” we've been screaming. Well Joe Biden just made clear his son Hunter is above the law. “Donald Trump lies every time he opens his mouth,” we've been screaming. Joe Biden repeatedly lied about this. “The politicization of the justice system,” Donald Trump and his people have been screaming. That's exactly what Biden said here. MURRAY: Joe, is this a politics of purity? I mean, we had Donald Trump pardon sheriff Joe Arpaio during his term and there was not a lot of a cry about that and this was a father who saw his first wife killed, his daughter killed in a car crash- his two young sons survive, one goes on to have real difficulties with addiction, another dies because of cancer. This is a family that’s really troubling me- yes, he said he wasn’t going to do this but did anyone believe that that was the case? I mean, I would have put good money on this happening. Are many people going to be surprised that a father who is also the president would do this for his son? WALSH: I don't know that people will be surprised. Because you're right. Joe Biden repeatedly said he wouldn't do this. So he repeatedly lied. But this just furthers the cynicism that people have about politics, and that cynicism strengthens Trump because Trump can just say “I'm not a unique threat. Everybody does this. If I do something for my kid, my son-in-law, whatever- look. Joe Biden does the same thing.” I get it, but this was a selfish move by Biden, which politically only strengthens Trump. It's just deflating. MURRAY: All right. Joe Walsh, a big hot take, and we’re going to stay with this- WALSH: Thank you. MURRAY: You at home, stay with us. We have much more on this breaking news right after this.  What makes this segment so cinematic is its juxtaposition of Walsh’s shattered beliefs with substitute host Melissa Murray’s rank cynicism. After all but calling Walsh a fool for taking Biden at his word, Murray dumped on Walsh’s reaction, calling it “a big hot take”. “Steaming” was inferred but not uttered. So long as we’re being honest: no one is shocked that Biden pulled the trigger on the Hunter pardon. The only thing surprising here is the timing of the pardon, which one expected to land on January 19th. Here are a couple of things to watch for, as this story continues to develop:  One quickly congealing narrative is the “what about” narrative: that Biden’s pardon of Hunter should not be viewed as scandalous because of some of the pardons issued by President Elect Donald Trump during his first term. But the record reflects that Biden allegedly ran in order to rebuild the norms once shattered by Trump. Pardoning the crack-addled failson, after pointedly saying you wouldn’t, flies in the face of all that. The other key narrative is Biden therefore HAD to pardon Hunter because of the coming political landscape. Expect Biden to be recast NOT as a corrupt liar who twisted government to his family’s benefit, but as a loving father who saw Kash Patel coming down the pike. He had no choice, you see. Exit question: if the Hunter pardon is dropping now, what’s coming down the pike?

Wait! We thought that, according to Dems and the MSM, it's Donald Trump, with his rhetoric, who is inciting violence. Okay, yeah, he's been the target of two assassination attempts. But mean tweets! Sunday's episode of MSNBC's The Weekend invited on Dem Rep. Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, whose Pittsburgh district isn't far from Butler County, the site of one of those assassination attempts. Deluzio was there to attack Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy for their DOGE undertaking, particularly their proposal to abolish Elizabeth Warren's creation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Said Deluzio: "For too long, Democrats were all about always finding some win-win framing. And you know what? Sometimes there's a villain. Sometimes there's a bad guy, and you got to punch him in the mouth and fight for your people. We need more of that in the Democratic party. So, Democrats have been too nice to Republicans. Riight! In fact, the Dems' political opponents are "villains" and "bad guys" who must be "punch[ed] in the mouth," and "we need more of that in the Democratic party."  Talk about inciting violence! And far from reprimanding Deluzio for his inflammatory rhetoric, co-host Michael Steele, while laughably calling himself a "small-government conservative," bemoaned the prospective abolition of the CFPB and other agencies on the DOGE list. Steele proclaimed "over the years, Republicans have become delusional when it comes to government. And that has become manifest in the appointment of these two misfits, as part of this menagerie that Donald Trump is putting in place." Introducing the segment, co-host Alicia Menendez warned that Musk and Ramaswamy are Trump's picks "to completely gut the federal government." If only! If the duo manages to chip a few agencies and a couple of trillion dollars off the federal behemoth, that will be a huge accomplishment!  Deluzio, dripping with ambition, positioned himself as the tough guy fighter.  He bragged that "guys like me are going to fight to bring down costs." And Democrats ought to be looking to folks who are willing to fight for people and against some folks." You know: folks like me!! Here's the transcript. MSNBC The Weekend 12/1/24 8:16 am ET ALICIA MENENDEZ: This coming week, House Republicans will meet with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump's picks to completely gut the federal government, despite never having worked in the federal government. One of the duo's new targets, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, surprising no one. Project 2025 called for the CFPB to be shut down too. Democratic Congressman, Chris Deluzio, denounced that move, saying, "Of course the billionaire crowd wants to kill a government watchdog that saves folks money from fraudsters and crooks." Congressman Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvani joins us now. Good morning, Congressman. MICHAEL STEELE: How do you see this whole DOGE thing playing out, and what exactly can Democrats do to at least let the American people know that when, you know, CFPB goes and other agencies disappear, that all the things that protected them, all the things that they have come to rely on in terms of a properly functioning government, go away? . . .  CHRIS DELUZIO: Donald Trump is going to put billionaires in charge of protecting all of us and doing the things that they're going to do to make life more expensive? If that's the lesson they learned from the election, we're going to crush them in two years at the polls. The American people do not want to get ripped off. They think life is too expensive. And guys like me are going to fight to bring down costs, and fight the billionaire handouts that it seems that Donald Trump is going to be doing again in the second term of his. . . .  I think Democrats ought to be looking to folks who are willing to fight for people and against some folks. I have talked about, for too long, Democrats were all about always finding some win-win framing. And you know what? Sometimes there's a villain. Sometimes there's a bad guy, and you got to punch him in the mouth and fight for your people. We need more of that in the Democratic Party. STEELE: Yeah. You know, it's interesting for me. Having grown up in Washington, DC, I'm, I'm not a big government guy. I'm a small government conservative. I believe in the proper role and function of government. It has a place. What is frustrating is that, over the years, Republicans have become delusional when it comes to government. And that has become manifest in the appointment of these two misfits, as part of this menagerie that Donald Trump is putting in place.

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