The Great America Show - December 02, 2024


Mid-Day Update： December 2, 2024


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Length

4 minutes

Words per minute

174.32095

Word count

768

Sentence count

42


Summary

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Over the weekend, Joe Biden decided to pardon his son Hunter Biden after previously saying he had no interest in doing so. We now have some news today that sheds some light on just how far back Joe Biden may have been thinking about pardoning Hunter.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Monday, December 2nd.
00:00:05.240 I hope you all had a great weekend.
00:00:07.500 Well, over the weekend, Joe Biden decided he's going to pardon his son Hunter Biden after previously saying he had no interest in doing so.
00:00:15.620 We now have some news today that sheds some light on just how far back Joe Biden thought about pardoning Hunter.
00:00:22.660 Joe Biden reportedly discussed pardoning his son Hunter six months ago while he was publicly claiming he would not issue Hunter a pardon or commute his sentences.
00:00:32.280 As I said over the weekend, Joe Biden did just that, what he said he had no interest in doing.
00:00:38.480 Hunter Biden was facing federal tax fraud charges in California and felony gun charges in Delaware.
00:00:44.300 Last December, Hunter Biden was hit with nine-count indictment filed in Central District of California,
00:00:48.900 tax evasion, failure to pay and file taxes, false and fraudulent tax returns.
00:00:54.880 The charges were handed down by special counsel David Weiss after a sweetheart plea deal on tax charges fell apart in the summer of 2023.
00:01:02.920 The indictment detailed a four-year scheme to avoid $1.4 million in taxes that he owed between 2016 and 2019.
00:01:11.280 He also reportedly filed false tax returns.
00:01:13.900 According to ABC News, Joe Biden discussed pardoning Hunter back in June when Hunter was convicted.
00:01:20.140 However, he told his aides he would lie publicly about his pardon plans.
00:01:25.320 Hmm, a shocker there.
00:01:27.540 This is directly from NBC News.
00:01:29.320 Quote,
00:01:29.520 The president has discussed pardoning his son with some of his closest aides, at least since Hunter Biden's conviction in June,
00:01:35.540 said two people with direct knowledge of the discussion about the matter.
00:01:38.620 They said it was decided at the time that he would publicly say he would not pardon his son, even though doing so remained on the table.
00:01:46.760 Hunter Biden pardoned Joe Biden a liar once again.
00:01:50.580 And folks, we've got some infighting going on inside the Marxist Dem party.
00:01:54.860 Jamie Raskin has launched a challenge to Jerry Nadler for the top Democratic spot on the judiciary panel.
00:02:01.560 The announcement came from Raskin, which had been subject of speculation for some time now,
00:02:06.620 set the stage for the high-stakes clash between two House Democrats for the ranking member role on one of the most powerful committees on Capitol Hill.
00:02:14.420 The panel, which oftentimes finds itself at the center of controversy in Washington,
00:02:18.700 has jurisdiction over federal courts and law enforcement, among other areas.
00:02:23.140 Raskin, who is currently the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee,
00:02:27.400 announced his candidacy in a letter to his colleagues.
00:02:29.640 Raskin, top of the top, with Adam Schiff, of course, among the biggest liars on Capitol Hill.
00:02:38.020 Jerry Nadler's not much better, but I think we should keep Jamie Raskin,
00:02:42.680 the January 6th psychopath, away from any sort of powerful post in Washington, D.C.
00:02:49.320 He just can't seem to handle the power or the stress.
00:02:52.800 He's a sick, sick, sick, sick, sick fella.
00:02:55.500 And President Trump has been hard at work since winning that election just about a month ago.
00:03:00.540 Reiterating a promise on Monday to punish Hamas and its sponsors severely if it does not release the 101 Israeli hostages,
00:03:08.000 including several Americans by the time he is inaugurated on January 20th of 2025.
00:03:13.140 Trump posted on Truth Social in the wake of the news that one American hostage held by Hamas was in fact dead,
00:03:18.440 and this is just a day after Hamas released another video of living American Israeli hostages in an effort to pressure Trump to lean on the Israeli government to make some concessions.
00:03:28.900 President Trump sending out the following message on Truth Social.
00:03:31.800 Quote,
00:03:32.700 Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire world in the Middle East.
00:03:39.700 But it's all talk and no action.
00:03:41.840 Please let this truth serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20th of 2025,
00:03:48.580 the date that I proudly assume the oath of President of the United States,
00:03:51.940 there will be, quote,
00:03:52.960 President Trump playing absolutely no games.
00:04:03.200 Folks, please be sure to join us for today's episode of The Great America Show.
00:04:06.020 We're joined by the Gateway Pundit founder and editor-in-chief Jim Hoft.
00:04:10.960 We take up the media dishonesty and the media distrust and the American people just about having enough of it.
00:04:18.140 Join us for that full conversation today on The Great America Show, folks.
00:04:21.000 I'm John Fossett with this midday update.
00:04:22.960 Have a great day, everybody.