pcr speaks about the pardon;

The Pardon

Paul Craig Roberts

Joe Biden said he would not pardon his son, but he did. Pardons reside with presidents and governors and are supposed to be used to correct an injustice or when a service has been done by the pardoned person that offsets the harm of the offense that is pardoned.  But pardons are often used for non-legitimate reasons, such as Bill Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich and Clinton’s half brother, Roger Clinton.  Bill did not pardon Roger until after Roger had served his sentence.  Rich, however, an international fugitive on the FBI’s ten most wanted list, was apparently pardoned in exchange for political donations and donations to the Clinton library.  Donations continued for 15 years after the pardon. In other words, the pardon was purchased.  https://nypost.com/2016/01/17/after-pardoning-criminal-marc-rich-clintons-made-millions-off-friends/ 

Biden’s pardon of his son occurred prior to Hunter’s sentence and before a day was served.  No doubt that many a mother and father wish they had the power to grant their son or daughter a pardon.  It is disturbing that Biden pretends that the charges against Hunter were politically motivated and designed to hurt President Biden, as if the FBI and DOJ committed to Biden’s protection would act against him.  The charges were protective of Biden and were brought in order to get the focus off the more dangerous information in the laptop.  The politically motivated charges were the ones brought against Trump. But I don’t really blame Biden from using his power to save his son from prison. In a way it shows Joe Biden more committed to his son than to his reputation.  You can see the pardon as a conservative act as protection of the family is the basis of society.  But in our society so is equal standing under the law, which took a hit from the pardon...........more...........