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Politicians from across the aisle are criticizing President Joe Biden for pardoning his son Hunter, just weeks before leaving the White House and after previously saying he would not do so.'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,' Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement.
'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,' the president said. '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.
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