Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, said on his podcast Thursday that he believes President Joe Biden's entire family will be next in line to receive a pardon.
Since Biden announced on Dec. 1 that he would pardon his son Hunter Biden from criminal charges, the president has been adamant to reporters that he would not pardon him, but has faced backlash over the decision. . Hanson said on “The Victor Davis Hanson Show” that he believes Biden has granted pardons to people based on what would benefit their families or cause public outrage.
“It works like this. He just said, 'I'm going to forgive people, but there are two criteria for forgiveness.'” For big friends and associates of the Biden family and the Biden consortium. We'll do whatever we can to help,” Hanson said. “And anything that offends people, because when I go out I'm the vile Samson who pulls down the temple. Give me all the chaos and nihilism I can. Make it symbolic, and make it a pardon.” The worse it is, the better.”
“Wait until there's 48 hours left, Jack. I'm hopeful that Ashley Biden, Jim Biden, all of them will be pardoned. They've all been pardoned,” Hanson added. . “They know they can get a pardon, because if they don't get a pardon and the statute of limitations hasn't run out yet when they write a check and say they have to pay back $250,000, an honest Department of Justice “Wait a minute, you transferred $250,000 to your brother?'' Did you pay gift taxes on it? Did you pay income tax? where did you get the money? ”
In March 2024, South Florida law enforcement officials revealed that they had investigated transactions related to one of Biden's brothers, Jim Biden, as part of a criminal investigation. (Related: President Trump promises to 'vigorously' pursue death penalty after Biden commutes sentence)
The investigation focused on business transactions and loans involving Amecore, a failed health care company where Jim Biden worked as a consultant. In 2018, Amecore paid Jim Biden an estimated $600,000 in workers' compensation and loan arrangements. However, according to Politico, investigators believe that on the same day that one of the Amecore payments was made to Jim Biden in 2018, either Jim Biden or his wife paid Joe Biden $200,000. It is believed that he sent the money.
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Hanson then listed possible questions the Justice Department could ask Jim Biden, and said presidential officials who can reveal alleged criminal activity could be next in line to receive a pardon.
“'Can I see the loan documents where he loaned you $250,000?' Did he charge interest? If he didn't charge interest, it was a gift. He owed gift taxes on it. Did you pay? So they're going to have a lot of questions,” Hanson said.
“So they gave him one of those extraordinary, historically rare pardons that pardons Biden for anything he might have done since 2014, when he got on a plane and sold stuff to foreigners. I think I'm going to give him 'interest' [and] up to now. Whatever comes to light,” Hanson said. “That's his attitude.”
Hunter Biden, who was pardoned for drug addiction, knowingly possessing a gun and making false statements on purchase documents, was also found to have received thousands of dollars in wire transfers from Chinese business associates. .
In September 2023, the House Oversight Committee found that Hunter Biden received $10,000 from Chinese business associate Wang Xin on July 26, 2019 and $250,000 from Jonathan Lee on August 2, 2019. It said it had received the money and listed President Biden's home address in Delaware as the beneficiary. both wires. In May 2024, House Ways and Means Committee documents appeared to show that Hunter Biden allegedly lied to Congress under oath multiple times during his testimony.
It is unclear whether Biden plans to pardon anyone else, but the president on Dec. 12 granted clemency to about 1,500 inmates on home confinement. He also pardoned 39 convicted criminals.
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