The Abuse of the Law by Joe Biden

The abuse of the Law by the Biden-Harris administration – especially as it pertained to the weaponisation of the justice system against president Donald Trump. But, while the left (especially the mainstream media) tried to portray Biden as a person with reverence for not just the law but the rule of law, Biden has long been knee deep in corruption. But, the recent development in which he pardoned his son Hunter for an 11 year period, is a significant refutation of claims to his integrity as far as respect for the law is concerned, and we ought to talk about this further.
EXITING US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS ISSUED A PARDON FOR HIS SON HUNTER
And now onto our main discussion, and exiting US president Joe Biden has issued a pardon for his son Hunter, who has been convicted of gun charges and pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion. In a statement released by the White House, the US president said he had given clemency to Hunter, who was due to be sentenced later this month on two separate criminal cases. Hunter, 54, was convicted of three firearm charges in June, marking the first criminal prosecution of a sitting US president’s child.
Prosecutors said he lied on a form when buying a Colt Cobra revolver in October 2018 by stating he was not a drug user or addict, despite having a problem with crack cocaine. Two months later, Hunter pleaded guilty to federal tax charges. He was due to stand trial on criminal charges of failing to pay $1.4m in taxes while allegedly spending lavishly on drugs, sex workers and luxury items. The “full and unconditional pardon” covers both the gun charges and federal tax evasion, for which Hunter was due to be sentenced on 12 December and 16 December respectively.
Well, Representative James Comer, who has spearheaded investigations into Biden family business dealings, reacted to news of Biden pardoning his son Hunter, noting the extent of the “crime family’s” actions — and how the Biden White House is still “obstructing rightful evidence.”
BIDEN’S MOTIVATION FOR PARDONING HUNTER? PROTECTING HIMSELF
In the statement pertaining to the pardon of his son, Biden continued to say the charges against Hunter came about only after several of his political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack him and oppose his election. [PAUSE] But, no; they came up because his son committed crimes, unless Biden is implying that he feels entitled to even these gun and tax evasion charges not being looked at because His son bears his name. Secondly, if the charges against Hunter came only about only after several of his political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack him and oppose his election, then shouldn’t the pardon be obsolete now that Biden is no longer running for president? The obvious answer would be yes – except Biden’s objection to the charges was not based on them affecting his campaign which ended abruptly in June. They are based on protecting himself.
In essence, gun and tax evasion charges are not even the worst of the crimes that Hunter Biden was involved in – there are still approximately 191 sex crimes, 128 drug offenses and 140 business-related crimes that Hunter Biden stands accused of – and the so-called business-related crimes implicating his father the most. In particular, you would recall that earlier this year the Committee on Oversight and Accountability accelerated its investigation of the Biden family’s domestic and international business practices to determine (1) whether the Biden family has been targeted by foreign actors, (2) whether President Biden is compromised, and (3) whether US national security is threatened. And records obtained through the Committee’s subpoenas revealed that the Bidens and their associates have received over $20 million in payments from foreign entities.
The main points of interest included Romania, in light of the fact that on September 28, in 2015, then vice president Biden welcomed Romanian President Klaus Iohannis to the White House. Within five weeks of this meeting, a Romanian businessman involved with a high-profile corruption prosecution in Romania, Gabriel Popoviciu, began depositing a Biden associate’s bank account, which ultimately made its way into Biden family accounts. Popoviciu made sixteen of the seventeen payments, totaling over $3 million, to the Biden associate account while Joe Biden was vice president. Biden family accounts ultimately received approximately $1.038 million, while the total amount from Romania to the Biden family and their associates is over $3 million.
Another point of interest included China- CEFC: On March 1, 2017—less than two months after then vice president Joe Biden left public office—State Energy HK Limited, which is a Chinese company, wired $3 million to a Biden associate’s account. This is the same bank account used in the above “Romania” section. After the Chinese company wired the Biden associate account the $3 million, the Biden family received over  $1,065,692 over a three-month period in different bank accounts. Additionally, the CEFC Chairman gives Hunter Biden a diamond worth $80,000. Lastly, CEFC created a joint venture with the Bidens in the summer of 2017.  The timeline lays out the “WhatsApp” messages and subsequent wires from the Chinese to the Bidens of $100,000 and $5 million. The total amount from China, specifically with CEFC and their related entities, to the Biden family and their associates is over $8 million.
Then another point of interest (and perhaps most famous) was Ukraine. In light of this, Devon Archer joined the Burisma board of directors in spring of 2014 and was joined by Hunter Biden shortly thereafter.  Hunter Biden joined the company as counsel, but after a meeting with Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky in Lake Como, in Italy, he was elevated to the board of directors in the spring of 2014.  Both Biden and Archer were each paid $1 million per year for their positions on the board of directors. Then, in December 2015, after a Burisma board of directors meeting, Zlochevsky and Hunter Biden “called DC” in the wake of mounting pressures the company was facing. Zlochevsky was later charged with bribing Ukrainian officials with $6 million in an attempt to delay or drop the investigation into his company.  The total amount from Ukraine to the Biden family and their associates is $6.5 million – meanwhile they refused for Hunter Biden to answer concerning his involvements in Ukraine.
These are just some of the corruption scandals that the Committee on Oversight and Accountability looked into, and when you look at them in detail it makes it clear why this pardon is viewed as a miscarriage of justice. In essence, it is about the fact that Joe Biden is not only issuing “a full and unconditional” pardon aimed at covering Hunter’s convictions on federal gun and tax charges specifically; RATHER the pardon covers all “offenses against the United States which Hunter has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024 – that heavily implicate Joe Biden, or would even far surpass the retribution of the gun and tax evasion changes. In fact, this is one of the reasons why Hunter’s pardon goes back to 2014: in 2014, samples of the Ebola Virus were illegally exported to Metabiota (which is Hunter Biden’s Company) and transferred to the US Army Research Institute…”
AND YET, BIDEN PERSISTENTLY DENIED THAT HE WOULD PARDON HUNTER
And yet, for months, Joe Biden denied that he would do precisely what he’s just done. His position was categorical, forceful, indignant even. In June 2024, David Muir of ABC News asked Biden if he would “accept the jury’s outcome, their verdict, no matter what it is” (on the then-pending gun case) and if he had “ruled out a pardon” for his son. Both times, the president answered sternly and simply, “Yes.” For good measure, Biden denied that he would commute his son’s sentence, adding, “I abide by the jury’s decision.” The White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, categorically denied many times over that the president would pardon his son. “I’ve been very clear: The president is not going to pardon his son,” she declared in December 2023.
During this time, many in the left wing media placed Biden on a pedestal, as the walking personification of respect for the rule of law – going so far as to make a comparison with Trump, to say for all his concerns about the weaponisation of the justice system, president Trump needed to appreciate Joe Biden’s respect for the rule of law. Well, all of those sentiments from the left wing media certainly did not age well.
JOE BIDEN’S PARDON OF HUNTER BIDEN IS REVEALING OF CORRUPTION
But, Joe Biden pardoning Hunter Biden is among his conduct that is most revealing of his corrupt track record. And there are multiple considerations that point to this fact. First, Joe Biden did not go through the office of the pardon attorney at the Justice Department to issue the pardon for Hunter (as is the standard). Instead, he discussed pardoning his son with top aids ever since Hunter’s conviction in June! This is revealing of corruption because it means that the pardon was really a premeditated consideration; and the disingenuous talk about Joe Biden not pardoning Hunter was made purely with the consideration that Joe Biden was still running for a second term. However, on July 21st, Biden was then coerced into ending his re-election campaign and endorsing Kamala Harris as his successor. And this is where the pretence stopped mattering.
This is also revealing of corruption because it exposes the fact that Joe Biden manipulated the DOJ for personal use. The weaponisation of the law and the justice system against Trump was only one part of it. The pardon of Hunter proves that it was also about manoeuvring around the law in a manner that benefits the Bidens. In fact, Joe Biden has an extensive record of engaging in this corrupt conduct. For instance, since he was vice president, there is documented evidence that his son, Hunter, was travelling to China and Ukraine making large amounts of money that was held in trust for “the big guy” – being Joe Biden, himself. Even as a senate member in Delaware, he was promoting the interests of his family through his office, including arranging for special banking benefits for his family, and getting jobs for Hunter since the 1990s, while giving special benefits to the companies that hired him. AND SO, the weaponisation of the law and the justice system against Trump was only one part of the Biden corruption scandal. And since pardoning Hunter, Joe Biden does not even try to pretend to care about the optics and political implications of his actions.
THE LEFT’S “JUSTIFICATION” OF THE PARDON: TRUMP WOULD COME FOR HUNTER
Now, the left has given in essence two primary justifications for why they are not outraged by Biden pardoning Hunter after he specifically said he would not. They say Biden is entitled to pardon his son. And well, I suppose Biden does genuinely have the presidential privilege to pardon his son, but the incoming administration, especially Kash Patel, in the FBI should also be met with the same respect when he declassifies EVERYTHING as FBI Director – including the corruption in Burisma and China; because Hunter may have been granted immunity, but not the others who were also involved.
Secondly, the left then double-downs on what Biden claimed, about Hunter being targeted for being his son, and the justice system having been weaponised. The claim that Trump has aspirations to come after his so-called enemies. But, I’d like to point out that Trump’s focus has been on institutional rot, and not so much individuals – which is not to say that he does not problematice or indicate an interest in prosecuting certain figures, the emphasis he places is often on broader problems. For instance, you’d recall a moment we all enjoyed in a debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton, where she tried to communicate the point that his temperment makes him dangerous to lead institutions of law in the nation.
Well, Hillary Clinton is not in jail, because Trump did not institute a witch-hunt against her. ANd the one downside of that is that she is a criminal who is not serving time, BUT Trump certainly did not use his authority as president to go after Hilary Clinton to satisfy a vendetta. And this was very much intentional.