Biden's pardon of his son seals president's sad legacy of lies

There was no better way for President Joe Biden to cement his legacy.

In pardoning his son Hunter Biden, the president showed the country on Sunday who he was one last time before leaving office.

A liar.

For months, the elder Biden had promised the American people that he wouldn’t give his son any special favors. Hunter this year was convicted of federal gun felonies and federal tax evasion charges and was just days from sentencing.

As recently as last month, Biden maintained he wouldn’t use his executive authority to benefit his son.

“We’ve been asked that question multiple times and our answer stands − which is no,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Nov. 7.

After the Thanksgiving holiday, however, the president supposedly had a massive change of heart. Yet, I think this is what Biden had planned to do all along, and it belies Biden’s repeated pledges of “honesty” and “decency.”

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