This is a pardon not only for Hunter’s minor, malum prohibitum, crime of gun possession and his major, malum in se crimes of failing to file income taxes in some years and trying to deduct prostitute payments as business expenses in other, but for ALL crimes he committed from 2014 to 2024.
Another fallout question: Does Hunter still owe the taxes? Is a tax debt a civil account or a criminal debt? Istm that Hunter still owes the taxes and interest although not necessarily to penalties.
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN: SUPPORTING YOUR DECISION TO PARDON HUNTER
Trump turned pardons into tools of corruption, shielding cronies and stacking courts to protect himself. Biden’s decision to pardon Hunter is a stand against the GOP's weaponization of justice.
For revisions: https://x.com/JsnFostr/status/1687289228785233920 comparison of Hunter's tax crimes and prosecution with a Maryland guys, with the same prosecution team.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/in-defense-of-the-hunter-biden-pardon Here is an embarssing defene of the pardon.
https://reason.com/volokh/2024/12/02/can-the-just-pardoned-hunter-biden-claim-privilege-against-self-incrimination-if-questioned-about-his-crimes/ Eugene on the 5th amendment, short and quick
Comparing Trump's Pardon of Arpaio and Biden's Pardon of Biden Josh Blackman, VC, https://reason.com/volokh/2024/12/01/comparing-trumps-pardon-of-arpaio-and-bidens-pardon-of-biden/
Another fallout question: Does Hunter still owe the taxes? Is a tax debt a civil account or a criminal debt? Istm that Hunter still owes the taxes and interest although not necessarily to penalties.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-152457565
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN: SUPPORTING YOUR DECISION TO PARDON HUNTER
Trump turned pardons into tools of corruption, shielding cronies and stacking courts to protect himself. Biden’s decision to pardon Hunter is a stand against the GOP's weaponization of justice.