https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/01/politics/joe-biden-presidential-history-pardon/index.html

As recently as last week, President Biden announced that he would not exercise his presidential power to pardon his son, Hunter for various federal crimes he admittedly committed.

Although Biden (the Elder) made quite a show of “pardoning” Peach and Blossom, who were scheduled for execution, he left out son Hunter until the weekend after, while others were still digesting turkey feasts prepared from those less fortunate birds (not jailbirds).

A scant 3 days later, Joe announced that he was pardoning son Hunter from any and all federal offenses.

So it’s no surprise that the stage is now set for similar treatment for the “J6” defendants (many of whom are already serving prison sentences.   See, for instance:

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/02/biden-pardons-son-hunter-trump-reacts-jan-6

Of course, if the phrase “Rules for thee but not for me” resonates, it’s because there are so many examples over the past 4 years, in the weaponization of law enforcement (“lawfare”) and the practice of straining at overcoming the Statute of Limitations and other legal restrictions to pursue political opponents.  But that’s for another day.

According to the CNN report:

In a statement, Biden argued his son’s criminal cases “came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election.” 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/01/politics/joe-biden-presidential-history-pardon/index.html

Plainly that is, to put it politely, hokum, or to quote Joe himself “Malarkey.”

Crass, craven, disingenuous — choose your own epithet.

Today’s Molière Citation is awarded ignominiously to President Joe Biden, with the (perhaps wishful) hope that he will cease and desist from any more mischief in domestic, foreign, fiscal, monetary, cultural, and other policies and practices for the next 7 weeks.