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Social media users criticized Donald Trump for pardoning Charles Kushner, Jared Kushner’s father, in 2020 and later nominating him as U.S. ambassador to France, while Trump supporters condemned President Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter.

Charles Kushner, convicted of tax evasion and witness intimidation, joins a list of controversial pardons issued by Trump, including Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort.

All of these individuals were close allies or associates of Trump who were involved in scandals or investigations related to his presidency.

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[-] ryper@lemmy.ca 68 points 2 weeks ago

How about reminding the news outlets that are acting like Biden set a precedent?

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago

I believe that if Trump was jailed, Biden would have let his son go to jail too.

But because the country doesn't think criminals should be jailed, there was no reason for Hunter to pay a price for laws that no one cares about enforcing.

I don't think it's a coincidence that Trump made his pardoned criminal relative the ambassador to France right before Biden pardoned his son ( Who isn't and has never been in politics. )

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

But because the ~~country doesn’t think criminals should be jailed~~ state serves capital by only punishing the poor

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

hypocrisy has too many syllables for trump supporters to understand what it means

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

It's almost like the rich and powerful are just privileged babies serving themselves.

[-] scops@reddthat.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure the This you? meme is going to get plenty of play through the next administration.

[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Oh thank goodness for the social media users! What would we do without them?!?!?

[-] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Clinton pardoned his brother... Like every single president has had some ridiculous pardons

[-] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Why do presidents and family member simply not commit crime?

this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2024
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