Jonathan Turley harshly criticizes Biden for pardoning his son

Jonathan Turley, a George Washington law professor, has shared his thoughts about the broad pardon that Joe Biden granted his son recently. This pardon not only covers the crimes his son was found guilty of but also extends to any other possible offenses that could have occurred during an 11-year period from January 1, 2014, to December 1, 2024. Turley remarked that this move displays a level of disrespect towards the American people.

Turley just eviscerated Biden when he was asked about it by Fox News and the “bad precedent” that Biden could be setting. 

NEW: Biden pardoning his son ‘shows a degree of contempt’ for the American people, says Jonathan Turley

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Turley pointed out how this brings to mind the actions of Bill Clinton, who pardoned his brother. 

Turley also pointed out that Biden didn’t just deceive the public about never engaging with his son’s business associates or attending meetings with them. He went on to lie multiple times to the American people while seeking reelection, which raises concerns about transparency and honesty.

Turley expanded on that on X.

Although Joe Biden stated, “I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision,” many may find it challenging to grasp how a president could vehemently deny granting such a pardon while campaigning for a second term.

Turley continued:

That is precisely the type of sweeping immunity grant that the federal judge balked at in the hearing when the earlier sweetheart deal feel apart. The judge asked the prosecutor if he had ever seen such a deal and he admitted that he had not

Hunter Biden is hardly the poster child for a victim of over-enforcement of federal laws. He was given a free pass on allegations that he was an unregistered agent and was the personification of influence peddling in Washington

Turley also pointed to the NBC report that Biden was discussing pardoning Hunter back in June with his aides while still denying he was ever going to do it. 

…NBC is reporting that Biden was discussing this pardon back in June when the White House was steadfastly denying that it was considering such a pardon.

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) December 2, 2024

According to NBC:

The president has discussed pardoning his son with some of his closest aides at least since Hunter Biden’s conviction in June, said two people with direct knowledge of the discussions about the matter. 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.

In other words, it was a conscious decision to hoodwink the public and even those “in the know” are admitting it. He knew it could hurt his reelection chances, so they decided he would simply say something different than what was happening behind the scenes. 

That’s truly vile. Talk about contempt for the American people. Turley is right on the money with that. 

This is what they think of us, and we should never forget it.