In his final days in the White House, Joe Biden has now begun his spate of Presidential pardons, starting with his son, Hunter. However, Biden isn’t the only president to have handed out a controversial pardon. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00In his final days in the White House, Joe Biden has now begun his spate of presidential pardons,
00:05starting with his son, Hunter. This has been decried as controversial by many,
00:09especially considering he famously said he would not do exactly that.
00:14And I am satisfied that I'm not going to do anything I said. I said I'd buy by the jury
00:20decision. I will do that and I will not pardon him. It is something which has garnered an outcry
00:25from both sides of the aisle after Biden stated he would abide by the decision of the law.
00:29Of course, President-elect Trump has also weighed in, calling the pardon on truth social,
00:34quote, an abuse and miscarriage of justice. However, Donald Trump is one to talk,
00:39as he recently tapped his son-in-law's father, Charles Kushner, for the French ambassador in
00:43his future administration. Kushner pled guilty to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations.
00:49He also attempted to entrap his brother-in-law in a scheme involving a sex worker and hidden
00:53cameras. After he discovered he was working with federal authorities, Trump pardoned him
00:58before leaving the Oval Office. Still, these are just the latest in a long history of
01:02controversial pardons made by presidents. Ronald Reagan famously pardoned FBI officials who were
01:07found guilty of illegally entering the homes of Vietnam War protesters. Meanwhile, George H.W.
01:12Bush pardoned defense officials who sold weapons to Iran. And Bill Clinton pardoned his half-brother,
01:18Roger Clinton, who was convicted on drug charges, not to mention probably one of the most infamous
01:23pardons in history, the pardoning of Richard Nixon by his successor, Gerald Ford.