Biden pardons his son. Trump names a new FBI director.

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  Good morning.

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  It's Monday, December 2nd.

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  Welcome back to Apple News Today.

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  I'm Sumita Basu.

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  Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving.

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  On today's show, how an urgently needed global agreement on plastic fell apart,

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  why health experts want more men to get tested for the BRCA cancer gene.

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  And some things to keep in mind as we head into Cyber Monday.

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  But first to two big developments involving presidents and the perception

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  that justice can be manipulated in their favor.

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  First, last night,

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  President Biden issued a full and unconditional pardon

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  for his son, Hunter Biden,

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  despite repeatedly saying he would not use his executive power to pardon his son or commute his sentence.

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  Earlier this year, Hunter Biden was convicted of three felonies in a federal gun trial, which carried a potential prison sentence,

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  and of three felony count accounts for tax evasion.

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  In a statement, President Biden called the cases against his son politically motivated,

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  saying other people are almost never brought to trial for the same actions, but his son was treated differently.

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  The pardon comes as Biden has just about 50 days left in office.

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  Presidents have pardoned family before.

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