Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre couldn’t spin President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter for the press.
Unfortunately, but probably not a coincidence, Biden issued the pardon when he did because he jetted off to Africa early this morning. Reporters questioning KJP took place on Air Force One, which means it’s just audio and not a formal setting.
KJP confirmed Biden will issue more pardons and clemency before his term ends in January.
But did KJP and Biden lie to the American people for months when both said the president wouldn’t pardon Hunter? I guess not:
KJP: First of all, one of the things that the president always believes is to be truthful to the American people. That is something that he always truly believe. And if you see the end of his, I assume that you’ve read his statement, and you look at the end of that statement and he actually says that in the first line in the last paragraph. And respects the thinking and how the American people will actually see this in his decision making.And I would encourage everyone to read it full. The president’s statement, I think he lays out his thought process. He lays out how he came to this decision. He came to this decision this weekend, so let’s be very clear about that. He says it himself. It’s in his voice. He said he came to this decision this weekend, and he said he wrestled with this because he believes in the justice dydtem, but he also believes that the war politics infected the process and led to a miscarriage of justice.
Would the pardon have happened if VP Kamala Harris had won the election? KJP said no. Interesting:
Reporter: Do you this would have happened if Harris hadn’t lost the election?KJP: I’m not going to get into the election. It is a no. I can answer that. It is a no.Reporter: Would not have happened if Harris didn’t lose the election?KJP: …to where we are today. And so I can’t speak to hypotheticals here where we are today. The president made this decision over the weekend.
Biden trashed the system in his statement regarding Hunter. I’m not shocked reporters wanted to know if the president believes the justice system has been weaponized.
KJP said he doesn’t. She even encourages people to read the statement, even though it would obviously prove her wrong:
Reporter: Does the president believe now and agree with President-elect Trump that the justice system has been weaponized for political purposes and that it needs root and branch reform?KJP: No. Read the president’s statement. Seriously, read the president’s statement. He said he believes in the Department of Justice. He does. He says it in his statement. He believed, he also believes that war politics infected the process and it led to a miscarriage of justice. He believes his son was unfairly targeted. He said that what his political opponents have done to my son, that’s his words, is cruel and enough is enough.He says he believes in the justice system. And I said both things. I could only speak for this president. I’m not going to speak for anybody else.But both things could be true, right? And that’s what he says. He says that the Department of Justice, he believes in the Department of Justice. He also believes that politics infected the process here. It affected the process. And you saw that when the deal fell apart, and let’s not forget, Department of Justice agreed on that deal. The president said if that deal had moved forward, he thought it would be, a fair process. And when that deal fell apart, his political opponents took credit for it. They took credit for it and didn’t seem like they were going to stop.
Lady, the deal fell apart because the judge exposed it as a sweetheart deal.
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