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.
00:00:07.500Well, 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.
00:00:15.620We now have some news today that sheds some light on just how far back Joe Biden thought about pardoning Hunter.
00:00:22.660Joe 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.
00:00:32.280As I said over the weekend, Joe Biden did just that, what he said he had no interest in doing.
00:00:38.480Hunter Biden was facing federal tax fraud charges in California and felony gun charges in Delaware.
00:00:44.300Last December, Hunter Biden was hit with nine-count indictment filed in Central District of California,
00:00:48.900tax evasion, failure to pay and file taxes, false and fraudulent tax returns.
00:00:54.880The charges were handed down by special counsel David Weiss after a sweetheart plea deal on tax charges fell apart in the summer of 2023.
00:01:02.920The indictment detailed a four-year scheme to avoid $1.4 million in taxes that he owed between 2016 and 2019.
00:01:11.280He also reportedly filed false tax returns.
00:01:13.900According to ABC News, Joe Biden discussed pardoning Hunter back in June when Hunter was convicted.
00:01:20.140However, he told his aides he would lie publicly about his pardon plans.
00:01:29.520The president has discussed pardoning his son with some of his closest aides, at least since Hunter Biden's conviction in June,
00:01:35.540said two people with direct knowledge of the discussion about the matter.
00:01:38.620They 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.
00:01:46.760Hunter Biden pardoned Joe Biden a liar once again.
00:01:50.580And folks, we've got some infighting going on inside the Marxist Dem party.
00:01:54.860Jamie Raskin has launched a challenge to Jerry Nadler for the top Democratic spot on the judiciary panel.
00:02:01.560The announcement came from Raskin, which had been subject of speculation for some time now,
00:02:06.620set 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.
00:02:14.420The panel, which oftentimes finds itself at the center of controversy in Washington,
00:02:18.700has jurisdiction over federal courts and law enforcement, among other areas.
00:02:23.140Raskin, who is currently the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee,
00:02:27.400announced his candidacy in a letter to his colleagues.
00:02:29.640Raskin, top of the top, with Adam Schiff, of course, among the biggest liars on Capitol Hill.
00:02:38.020Jerry Nadler's not much better, but I think we should keep Jamie Raskin,
00:02:42.680the January 6th psychopath, away from any sort of powerful post in Washington, D.C.
00:02:49.320He just can't seem to handle the power or the stress.
00:02:52.800He's a sick, sick, sick, sick, sick fella.
00:02:55.500And President Trump has been hard at work since winning that election just about a month ago.
00:03:00.540Reiterating a promise on Monday to punish Hamas and its sponsors severely if it does not release the 101 Israeli hostages,
00:03:08.000including several Americans by the time he is inaugurated on January 20th of 2025.
00:03:13.140Trump posted on Truth Social in the wake of the news that one American hostage held by Hamas was in fact dead,
00:03:18.440and 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.
00:03:28.900President Trump sending out the following message on Truth Social.
00:03:32.700Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire world in the Middle East.