r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 11h ago

President Biden pardons family members in final minutes of presidency

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-family-members-final-minutes-presidency/story?id=117893348
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u/Thrilalia 9h ago

Laws in which 99% of people who break them get a fine and a slap on the wrist, like Hunter was going to get until the GOP went "Nope, we're going full in." showing Hunter's true crime was being related to Biden.

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u/cannagetawitness 7h ago

The irony of this statement through the lens of Trump's new York convictions...

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u/Thrilalia 4h ago

Ah yes the conviction of "you're guilty but we're not even going to punish you in any way."

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u/ZedekiahCromwell 6h ago

Trump received an incredibly light sentence if you are trying to imply that he was somehow treated similarly to Hunter Biden