CNN contributor Scott Jennings on Sunday called President Joe Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden an “utter disgrace” and clashed with a former aide to Vice President Kamala Harris.
Mr. Biden announced the pardon as follows: statement The White House released the statement on December 1, claiming that “political opponents” were trying to “destroy” both him and his son in court, calling Hunter a “white arrow”. ' he claimed. Jamal Simmons, Harris' former communications director, insisted in an exchange with Jennings and “The View” co-host Alyssa Farrar Griffin that the pardon was “about the future.” (Related: Scott Jennings ignores CNN panel on question about Merrick Garland)
“It was an utter disgrace. This pardon leaves him in shame, but it's not just a pardon, it's a lie,” Jennings said. “[Biden] He lied to the American people. According to NBC News, he and his aides hatched a plan to lie to the American people. And this week, he didn't even have the courage to go to the White House podium and take questions about it. He sent Karine Jean-Pierre away and she was complicit in the lies, but then she continued to gaslight the American public and media. ”
“The American people should be outraged, but the media and the people covering the White House should be absolutely outraged by the gaslighting. And the continued gaslighting and hostility to the idea of transparency,” Jennings continued. “This is a monumental disgrace. Do you think 38, 39% is a low job approval rating? Wait until you check it out when he leaves. He's the most hated and most opinionated person ever.” He will leave office as one of the presidents who caused conflict.
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Simmons criticized Trump after Farrah Griffin criticized the language of Biden's pardon announcement, comparing it to President-elect Donald Trump's criticism of the Justice Department during the prosecution. He argued that he was justifying Biden's choice.
“Let's not get too…smug about this, okay? If you go into a boxing match and find out that the person you're fighting is a mixed martial artist, sooner or later you're going to have to hang up the gloves and get in the fight. “Sure,” Simmons argued. “I think what they've discovered in the White House is that Mr. Trump is doing whatever he wants to do, whatever he wants to do, and everyone else is acting by this very primitive set of rules. ”
Farrah Griffin responded, “That statement was not, 'I'm worried that Kash Patel is going to come after my son.' “It was, 'This sector was essentially a politicized sector.'
Mr. Jennings then asked Mr. Simmons whether he believed the Justice Department was corrupt.
“He said his Justice Department was corrupt,” Jennings said. is that so? is that so? (Click here to watch the Daily Caller documentary “Lawless”)
“You can talk about the past if you want. I'm talking about the future,” Simmons insisted. “And the question is, are you going to leave, are you going to leave all of your people, your family, your staff behind where Donald Trump and his minions can go after them politically and politically? That means” Ministry of Justice? ”
President Trump nominated former Florida Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi to serve as attorney general and former Trump administration official Kash Patel to serve as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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