Thesis — President Biden should have commuted his son’s sentence and other people similarly situated.

[Multicolored Lemur]

The lesson I draw from this that once you decide on the “Whether,”

Spend a little time on the “How,” too.

Okay, President Biden decided his son had been prosecuted selectively . . . other people have been prosecuted because the DA, meaning District Attorney, took it personally, etc, etc.

The sentence was potentially 25 years for buying a gun for your your self-defense and then lying on the form about whether or not you’re a drug addict.

That’s too long.

At this point, the Biden administration should be pardoning other people, anyone with this overly long sentence. Move quick. Be fast and sloppy.

At this point, you only have about a month and a half left.

 

[Multicolored Lemur]

Or, President Biden’s playing poker at the expert level.

If he (Biden) does something obviously self-serving, President Trump will want to look good in comparison. And will want to keep looking good. Ergo, President Trump is better behaved!

 

[AgnosticBoy]

I've also been keeping up with this story. It is definitely within the President's right and power to pardon whoever he wants. But the question and should he do it, and I think that's where the disagreements come in.

Personally, I would want Presidents to pardon people based on a principled reason, like the person's conviction being controversial or the felon has changed their life around and deserve a second chance. Instead, here, I think President Biden made more of a personal decision, and the real bad thing here is that he did so by criticizing the justice system. The Democrats positioned themselves as the party that accepts law and justice in contrast to Trump being the one to break the laws, to not accept justice, etc. Biden's decision and rationale for it seem to undercut that Democrat narrative of being for justice.

 

[Multicolored Lemur]

Instead, here, I think President Biden made more of a personal decision, and the real bad thing here is that he did so by criticizing the justice system.

We have to roll forward with the justice system we have right now, and at the same time, work to improve it.

And . . . it’s tricky.

 

[Multicolored Lemur]

People believe at the same time that judges and juries give extremely long sentences and extremely short sentences. And they’re right! There’s a real random element to the whole thing.

For starters, I don’t think someone should get more than a 1/3 of their sentence knocked off for goid behavior.

 

[Scooter]

One of the problems with Biden's actions is he consistently lied. While the campaign for president was ongoing, Biden as well as his mouthpiece KJP, repeatedly said he would not pardon Hunter. Once the race is over Biden did exactly what he claimed he would not do. Now, he claimed his boy was wrongfully prosecuted. He claimed it was politically motivated. Really? Well what about all of Trump's indictments? He was not charged until he announced he was running again. Then all the charges start appearing. Everyone agrees Trump was the victim of lawfare from the DOJ. Why didn't Biden also pardon Trump? Because Biden is a political hack. Biden is a liar and the personification of corruption.

 

[AgnosticBoy]

Instead, here, I think President Biden made more of a personal decision, and the real bad thing here is that he did so by criticizing the justice system.

We have to roll forward with the justice system we have right now, and at the same time, work to improve it.

And . . . it’s tricky.

Well if there is any good that comes out of this, it is that we now have 2 presidents, from two different political parties, complaining that the justice system is being weaponized. That's bipartisan agreement, lol.

If it was just one side complaining, people would be less likely to do something about it. Let's see how it plays out.

 

[AgnosticBoy]

One of the problems with Biden's actions is he consistently lied. While the campaign for president was ongoing, Biden as well as his mouthpiece KJP, repeatedly said he would not pardon Hunter. Once the race is over Biden did exactly what he claimed he would not do. Now, he claimed his boy was wrongfully prosecuted. He claimed it was politically motivated. Really? Well what about all of Trump's indictments? He was not charged until he announced he was running again. Then all the charges start appearing. Everyone agrees Trump was the victim of lawfare from the DOJ. Why didn't Biden also pardon Trump?

I agree with your assessment although I admit it is just my strong opinion. But there are just too many questionable things in terms of timing to just dismiss the idea that Biden made a politically-based decision.