President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter, reversing course after he said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence. NBC News’ Mike Memoli reports.
This is an adapted excerpt from the Dec. 2 episode of “The Beat with Ari Melber.” When President Joe Biden entered office in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol, he promised to restore and respect the rule of law. After Hunter Biden got into legal trouble and was ultimately convicted in a case brought by a special counsel appointed by Biden’s own attorney general, the president stood by this promise, vowing repeatedly that he would not pardon his son.
While there is evidence that Hunter Biden’s treatment may have been unfair and arguably too harsh, that also applies to many other cases — cases with individuals who are not getting lenience because they don’t have political or elite connections. That is the deeper problem here. If being singled out unfairly is grounds for a pardon, then thousands of lower-income and minority Americans could use the same lenience that was applied to the president’s son.
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