Civil servants hold a unique position in society.
They exercise their authority within the only institutions legally permitted to use enforcement. We entrust our strength to them and hope that they will act in a way that justifies our confidence. Trust between government officials and the public is essential. We must believe that they are not abusing their authority for personal gain or acting against the best interests of the public.
Biden has effectively established a precedent in which Shields affect peddlers.
One principle that is often emphasized for civil servants is the need to avoid even the emergence of evil.
Enter Joe Biden. He spent almost the entire adult life in government, serving in the US Senate for 36 years, and served as vice president under Barack Obama for eight years before eventually becoming president.
Throughout much of Biden's political career, his family, his brother James and his son Hunter – worked in political consulting. Their roles go beyond their close relationship with Biden as Senator, Vice President and President, raise questions about the appearance of evil, as they do not appear to have unique skills or expertise. .
For example, Hunter Biden is $1 million a year He will work for the Brisma Committee, a Ukrainian natural gas company. Such payments are eye-opening considering the lack of expertise associated with the Hunter in the business. The natural reasoning is that he was paid in a very large amount so that he could benefit from Joe Biden's power and influence. In one case, the US Ambassador, Italian Ambassador I expressed discomfort The son of the US vice president sitting in the lobbying world on behalf of a Ukrainian company.
A general response to these concerns is that Joe Biden was not fully aware of his son's activities. Perhaps that's true, but it brings us back to the problem of evil appearance.
In particular, the pardon that Biden gave to his brother, his spouse, and his son dates back to 2014. That period includes the advantageous board position of the Hunter in Brisma. This raises an important question: What did Brisma believe it was paying for? And if Hunter can't be prosecuted, why did he have to cover activities that date back to ten years ago?
The House Committee on Surveillance has I've created a document (in a bank memorandum) outlines the payments received by the Biden family from foreign companies. This includes payments from Romania, China, Ukraine and Russia, totaling around $20 million. Again, it is difficult to conclude that Biden's family has something worthy of such compensation other than the major American policymakers and the impact he can act on.
However, the former president justified the pardon of his family. He says he is afraid of retaliation from former President Donald Trump and the current president.
Biden's concerns are not difficult to understand given his rage over what Trump sees as a weaponization of the legal system against him. American politics has become a rather vicious game where both parties play for the keep.
But here's the problem. Americans are the president (and other officials) It's not unfair Enrich yourself and sell public policy to the highest bidders – especially bidders from foreign governments.
Forgive all the families who may have benefited from their relationship with him, or had knowledge of such transactions – Biden effectively established a precedent in which Shield influences peddlers. His actions, intentional or not, provide a clear pathway for future officials and their families to misuse political ties during their tenure, as long as they can secure pardons.
This approach allows Peddlers to maximize profits while retaining power knowing that their relatives have an escape route. When mass outrage continues, both the president and pardoned families can justify their actions by asserting that they fear political retaliation from the opposition parties.
This loophole is now the ultimate safeguard for influential impact. Ensuring constitutional amendments to prevent the president from issuing pardons between Election Day and the transition of power may be very problematic.
The next thing that needs to happen is a full-scale investigation into the Biden family's financial transactions. With the pardon eliminating criminal liability, Biden's family is no longer able to call the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-disability. The only legal risk remaining is perjury, which should help to force true testimony and reveal the full extent of what happened.
If the issue can be fully investigated, if they aim for truth rather than punishment, they may be able to prevent similar threats to future public trust.
