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Senior legal affairs reporter for @POLITICO with a focus on democracy, law and the balance of power in government. Tips: kcheney@politico.com NY ➡️ BOS ➡️ DC

Dec 2, 2024, 6 tweets

BREAKING: Biden pardons Hunter

BIDEN calls Hunter’s case “selective prosecution” instigated by his political adversaries. Not exactly the ringing endorsement of the special counsel process his DOJ has long made.

Biden says “raw politics” infected the case, causing a “miscarriage of justice.”

WOW: This pardon is sweeping. Anything crimes he committed or “may have committed for an 11 year period.

UPDATE: Hunter has notified the judge in California of his pardon. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

MORE: The sweeping language of the Hunter pardon mirrors the pardon Ford gave to Nixon — but Biden’s covers twice as long of a period.

Trump’s pardons to Stone/Flynn/Bannon were targeted at specifics crimes/convictions rather than timeframes.

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