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Elie Mystal: OF COURSE Joe Biden Was Right to Pardon His Son

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Elie Mystal gets it exactly right: "I do not believe I have read a worse collection of takes in the weeks since Donald Trump’s reelection than the endless array of white columnists and pundits whining about Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter Biden. The idea that the “rule of law” is somehow undermined—in this lunatic country that just elected a convicted felon who has promised to prosecute his political enemies—by this ordinary use of the extraordinary presidential pardon power, is simply nuts...

"This is a good pardon. Trump’s pardons were bad and will be again. If you can’t spot the difference between pardoning your son who was persecuted because of your job versus pardoning your criminal co-conspirators or pardoning terrorists who attacked the Capitol at your request, you should take your head out of your ass."

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