Clearly, President Biden didn't mean it last June when he responded to a question from David Muir of ABC News about whether he would pardon his son, Hunter. "I am not going to do anything, I will abide by the jury's decision," the president said. He repeated that assertion on other occasions. So did his press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, many more times.

On Monday, the day after the pardon, Jean-Pierre was asked by a reporter accompanying the president on his trip to Africa whether her and the president's previous statements should be considered lies. She responded: "One of the things the president always believes is to be truthful to the American people." Presumably she said this with a straight face. To paraphrase Bill Clinton in a different context, I guess it depends on what the meaning of the word truth is.

It will be clear to many that the president's original pledges........

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