President Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for the crimes he committed.
And it has caused a storm of criticism from both those on the right, and some on the left. Some on the left are saying it makes it look like some are above the law, and right-wingers are saying it justifies their belief that the Justice Department is using the law to do political attacks.
Both are wrong!
Hunter Biden was found guilty of lying on a government form to buy a gun - a gun that he owned for only 11 days back in 2018.
He also confessed to not paying federal taxes. Those taxes have now been paid.
Would an ordinary citizen have been charged with either of these crimes? NO! The government wants its tax money - not to punish those who have finally confessed and paid up. And they very likely would not charge a citizen who lied on a form 7 years ago and then gave up the gun after only 11 days.
Biden was charged by a Trump-appointed attorney in an effort to smear the president, and Attorney General Garland didn't want to dismiss the charges because he was afraid it would look like political favoritism.
The charges were brought because Hunter Biden was the president's son - and no other reason. The pardon was appropriate.
The only sad part is the pardon might give Trump some cover when he pardons the insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol on January 6th. But he was going to do that anyway.
