According to President Joe Biden, no one is above the law — unless, of course, you are his son.

In a move that puts Gerald Ford’s forgiveness of Richard Nixon’s role in the Watergate scandal to shame, Joe announced on Sunday a sweeping presidential pardon that successfully exculpates Hunter Biden of several tax evasion and federal gun convictions mere weeks before his scheduled sentencing.

Joe and the White House spent much of the last year repeatedly insisting that the commander-in-chief would not grant Hunter a free pass for his alleged crimes. With only 50 days left in the Oval Office, however, Joe reneged on his pledge and used his executive power to categorically absolve his son of wrongdoing

Joe’s “full and unconditional” pardon doesn’t simply cover his son’s gun paperwork felonies, which he was convicted of in June. His official statement explicitly grants leniency to Hunter for any federal crime the younger Biden may have committed over the last decade.

Joe attempted to justify his decision by once again downplaying the nature of Hunter’s charges and convictions.

“No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son – and that is wrong,” Joe declared. “There has been an effort to break Hunter – who........

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