2024-12-02
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From the New York Times, it's the Headlines.
I'm Tracy Mumford.
Today's Monday, December 2nd.
Here's what we're covering.
President Biden has issued a full and unconditional pardon of his son, Hunter Biden,
using the power of the presidency to wave aside years of Hunter's legal troubles.
His son was set to be sentenced later this month for tax evasion and federal gun charges.
This is an extraordinary moment for the Biden presidency and it's extraordinary because it's essentially a reversal.
It's a flip flop.
Zolan Kano Young's covers the White House for the Times.
The president said this year that he would not issue a pardon, that he would not use his clemency powers for his son,
and his press secretary repeated that denial on multiple occasions for months and we are now seeing
that that's not the case.
In a statement,
President Biden announced that he was issuing the pardon
because he believed the cases against Hunter were politically motivated and claimed
that his opponents were going after his son in order to reach him.
He said that while he still believes in the justice system,
quote, I also believe raw politics has infected this process.
Zolin says that reasoning is a remarkable turnaround for Biden,