Joe Biden’s Controversial Hunter Pardon: Perspectives and Reactions

The Situation: President Biden grants a pardon to Hunter Biden for all offenses committed over an 11-year timeframe.

I was not shocked when President Biden decided to pardon his son (“Hunter gets away with it,” Dec. 2).

His claim of not doing so never convinced me; he was not truthful back then because we were amidst an election cycle, and he lacked the bravery to be honest.

Can you envision him asserting that his son faced unfair prosecution? Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?

Similarly, I wasn’t surprised by the responses from Whoopi Goldberg and her team on “The View.” Rather than condemning the dishonesty, they chose to highlight the number of pardons granted by former President Donald Trump during his term.

If I didn’t find it humorous, I would surely be in tears.

Frank Olivieri

North Ft. Myers, Fla.

Given the outcome of the recent election and the plethora of news reports showcasing Joe Biden’s deceit and exploitation of his political standing throughout his 50-year career, it seems the public is fed up with corrupt politicians retaining their positions.

Biden’s pardon of Hunter for his various crimes serves as a fitting “icing on the cake” to conclude Joe’s unfortunate career.

Harry Winkler

West Palm Beach, Fla.

What astounds me is the pathetic, blind faith of millions of Americans who insist that the revealing laptop did not belong to Hunter, that the gun wasn’t his, that the baby girl was not his, that he “forgot” to pay millions in taxes, and now we’re expected to accept from Joe that Hunter was “only singled out because he is my son.”

And the dear Joe is eliminating any possibility of probing into a decade’s worth of Hunter’s questionable activities involving millions of dubious funds, seemingly dismissing cases that Joe was likely involved in as well.

It must be nice to be king.

Barbara Kenerson

Palmetto, Fla.

It’s no accident that Hunter pleaded guilty just after his father was unceremoniously pushed out of running for a second term by his own party.

This paved the way for Hunter’s pardon, despite his father’s previous claims of not granting him one. Mark this down as yet another lie from the Biden administration.

Chris Tripoulas

Manhattan

Once again, the liar-in-chief, Biden, who has been awarded “bottomless Pinocchios” by The Washington Post for his tendency to deceive, has lied by pardoning his son Hunter Biden.

Everyone recalls how adamantly Biden declared not long ago that he would not pardon Hunter, asserting that “no one is above the law.”

I strongly urge Trump to fully pardon and exonerate every American who was arrested and/or convicted on January 6 and to clear their records.

I say this wholeheartedly. With Hunter’s pardon, the idea of “no one is above the law” has morphed into “only some are completely above the law.” Especially if it pertains to the president’s son who has committed offenses against the United States of America.

Peter Gryzmolowicz

Farmingdale, NJ

Quelle surprise! Biden pardons his son Hunter as one of his final acts in office after repeatedly claiming he would not do so.

However, the justification he provided for this decision is truly astonishing: Joe Biden alleged that Hunter was “selectively and unfairly” prosecuted.

What a display of arrogance! Evidently, in Biden World, only Trump is the real criminal. Joe and Hunter’s family business “shenanigans” are merely a right-wing conspiracy. Move along. Nothing to see here.

Eileen Rosamilia

Morristown, NJ

Biden pardoned his son Hunter because he believed that Hunter was pursued for “political reasons.”

Isn’t this what the Democrats have been doing to Trump for several years?

Ted Rallis

Mamaroneck

I think you made a mistake when you stated that Biden pardoned two turkeys this past week.

Including Hunter, he actually pardoned three.

Ken Chorzewski

New Rochelle