Biden's broken promise on pardoning Hunter raises new questions about legacy | Jefferson City News-Tribune

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Trump asked.
40% : And he must reckon with his decision to seek reelection despite his advanced age, which helped return the Oval Office to Trump, a man he had warned time and again was a threat to democratic norms.
36% : In his final weeks in office, Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in law, Jared Kushner, as well as multiple allies convicted in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
36% : Yet Biden held himself up as placing his respect for the American judicial system and rule of law over his own personal concerns -- trying to draw a deliberate contrast with Trump, who tested the bounds of his authority like few predecessors.
6% : "This pardon is just deflating for those of us who've been out there for a few years yelling about what a threat Trump is," Republican Joe Walsh, a vocal Trump critic, said on MSNBC.
5% : But the pardon comes as Biden has become increasingly isolated since the loss to Trump by Vice President Kamala Harris, who jumped in to the race after the president's catastrophic debate against Trump in June forced his exit from the election.

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