According to The Hill, Special Counsel David Weiss rejected allegations that Hunter Biden’s prosecution was politically motivated. He refused to drop the indictments. While it’s procedure and likely for show, it does shine a light on the absurdity of a ten year pardon for any and all crimes.
Weiss’s office refused to dismiss the tax and gun cases against Hunter Biden. They said they hadn’t seen the pardon yet. They pointed out that the prosecution was not politically motivated as Joe Biden has claimed.
Weiss argued on Monday that multiple judges had already determined that the prosecution was not vindictive.
This is Biden’s DoJ, and Hunter committed the crimes.
President Joe Biden pardoned his son on Sunday night. He claimed his son was unfairly targeted and prosecuted. The blanket pardon covered crimes committed between 2014 and 2024. Thus, he cannot be prosecuted for any crimes in the ten-year period.
“The defendant argued that the indictment was a product of vindictive and selective prosecution,” the filing said. “The Court rejected that claim, finding that ‘[a]s the Court stated at the hearing, Defendant filed his motion without any evidence.’ And there was none and never has been any evidence of vindictive or selective prosecution in this case.”
The filing also noted that Hunter Biden made the same claim regarding the Delaware gun case, which was rejected by the judge overseeing the case and three panels of appeals courts.
“In total, eleven (11) different Article III judges appointed by six (6) different presidents, including his father, considered and rejected the defendant’s claims, including his claims for selective and vindictive prosecution,” the filing said.
Weiss refused to dismiss the indictments.
Weiss’ office rejected claims that the indictments should be dismissed, stating that a dismissal would be as if the grand jury’s indictment never existed.
The first son’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, responded on Monday that the judge could dismiss the California case because no judgment had been entered, and Hunter Biden had not been sentenced.
Hunter Biden was expected to be sentenced in the federal gun case on Dec. 12 and the tax case on Dec. 16.
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I believe the Founders had a different definition of “Pardon”. Biden issued an “excuse”. I reject it.
Judge Napolitano says that Hunter could be compelled to answer questions about his father because once pardonned he can no longer plead the fifth.
They could hold him in contempt and incarcerate Hunter for not answering questions.
it is in the video linked below
but in that video there is a ” bonus” there is Adam Schiff saying ( he said that a couple years ago ) that Presidents should NOT be allowed to pardon people close to them as this could be obstruction of justice !!!
it is a 4 min video worth watching,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYA0DxRwUA0
Joe and Jim Biden are next for blanket pardons. Count on it.
Weiss should make the argument that a pardon is only valid if the grantor is mentally competent and that Joe is non compos mentis, thereby invalidating the pardon!
Strange move. I always thought a pardon was only for convictions not judicial actions prior to conviction. I guess Biden is using the pardon power as a get out jail free card. I’m surprised he just doesn’t issue a blanket pardon for life. It’s kind of the same thing isn’t it? Sounds pretty darn shady.
I don’t understand how a blanket pardon is possible. A pardon is for a person convicted of a specific crime. Biden’s “pardon” is not for a crime; it’s for a decade. Art II sect 2 of the constitution says the president “shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” This pardon authority is in the paragraph dealing with military and civilian officers of the national government; not the offspring of any of those. That is the only pardon authority in the whole document.
I was thinking along those same lines. Good points.