Now it's official: President Biden has pardoned his son Hunter.
“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. 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 Without aggravating factors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchaser, people are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form. Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but paid them back subsequently with interest and penalties, are typically given non-criminal resolutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently.
The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then, a carefully negotiated plea deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room – with a number of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process. Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter’s cases.
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. 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.
For my entire career I have followed a simple principle: just tell the American people the truth. They’ll be fair-minded. Here’s the truth: I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice – and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision.”
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BREAKING: Donald Trump gets devastating news as FBI stats are released proving that crimes rates are falling drastically under President Biden — destroying the MAGA "crime wave" narrative.
This timing couldn't be any better...
According to the preliminary figures released by the FBI today, the trend of falling crimes rates that was noted by the bureau in 2023 continues strong.
Between January and June, murders dropped by 23% compared to the same time period in 2023. Violent crime fell 10% and reported rapes dropped by 18%.
Aggravated assault dropped by 8% tear over year, robberies fell by 14%, and reported property crime dropped 13%.
The statistics were gathered from 14,800 law enforcement agencies all across the country.
These numbers are deeply inconvenient for Donald Trump because he's desperate to convince voters that there is a historic crime wave unfolding fueled by lawless immigrants. In reality, things are rapidly and dramatically improving under Democratic leadership.
Republicans have no popular policies to offer so they peddle fear, bigotry, and outright lies. We won't fall for it!
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REST IN PEACE: John Amos, who played James Evans on the 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role as older Kunta Kinte in the 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died at the age of 84.
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