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A Father-Son Moment: Dad Forgives Hunter Biden

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by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

Article II, section 2, of the US Constitution says a president “shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”

Allow me to discuss four points about the Biden pardon of his son Hunter.

Point 1. It is fantastically helpful. When persons are questioned during investigations or trials, they are allowed to refuse to answer “on the grounds that it may incriminate me.” That is known as pleading the Fifth.  From today forward Hunter will not be allowed to plead the fifth on any matter that occurred before today (December 2, 2024). That is because nothing can incriminate him. His soul has been wiped clean, as it were.

Point 2. I am personally happy that Hunter will go free. As far as I know, his mom (Joe Biden’s first wife Neilia) died in a deliberate car crash in 1972, to make Joe malleable. The one-year old daughter also died in that crash and both boys Hunter and Beau were seriously injured. I am guessing that under such an ordeal, Hunter grew up very traumatized. But for the pardon, Hunter would now be facing constant humiliation by the press.

Point 3. Even though I personally welcome the news, I think Congress should now augment the Constitution with a statute limiting the pardon power to crimes for which a person already stands convicted. In 1992, at the end of his presidency, George HW Bush pardoned Caspar “Cap” Weinberger, US Sec’y of Defense. Cap was awaiting trial. The expected testimony in that trial would incriminate Bush himself. In other words, it operated as a self-pardon. Nobody protested.

So what is the current jurisprudence on this? To find out, just google for “US Constitution annotated.” It tells you, section by section and clause by clause, of any Supreme Court’s ruling related to that bit. Thus:

“In the 1886 case Ex parte Garland, the Court referred to the President’s authority to pardon as unlimited except in cases of impeachment, extending to every offence known to the law and able to be exercised either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.3 Much later, the Court wrote that the broad power conferred in the Constitution gives the President plenary authority to ‘forgive’ [a] convicted person in part or entirely….” [Emphasis added]

Even if SCOTUS does not change the above, people can change by making a stink so that future presidents won’t try any tricks. And legal scholars can debate it loudly. Note: I said that Congress can get into the act. I said this in spite of the fact that In Ex parte Garland, the Court held that the power of the President to pardon is not subject to legislative control. “Congress can neither limit the effect of his pardon, nor exclude from its exercise any class of offenders. The benign prerogative of mercy reposed in him cannot be fettered by any legislative restrictions.” The Framers intended that each of the three branches be jealous of its turf. Congress can try to legislate, and await any backlash from the Third Branch. It may never come!

Point 4. Why the hell isn’t President Biden pardoning Leonard Pelletier, an octogenarian who has been incarcerated for almost half century? In my opinion, this Native American was convicted for the purpose of covering up some crimes of the FBI. Keeping him in jail is unconscionable and the solution is so easy. A piece of cake, a walk in the park, a presidential pardon.

The Pardoning of Joe Biden Himself

Although the Constitution does not say “A president can pardon anyone but himself,” we can be sure that the Framers did not mean to allow such a self-pardon. It’s just common sense. In the case of Nixon’s resignation from the top job, his successor Gerald Ford immediately gave him a pardon “to heal the country from its divisions” — or whatever. Most likely the promise of a pardon was part of the way to persuade Nixon to resign.

Donald Trump is awaiting election. (Note: The Electoral College does not meet till December 16, 2024 and there could yet be surprises.) It may be his plan to pardon Biden. For years, we have been hearing that Biden did naughties with regard to both Ukraine and China. How can we ever get the information if it all gets swept under the carpet?

It totally mocks the Constitution and the sovereignty of the people to pardon a president, if the deed in question is vital to the nation (not, say, a sex sin). Of course, “the people” should have used their main instrument, Congress, to impeach any president suspected of crime, while it was going on.

Today I sent a Freedom of Information request to the Department to ask if any pardons were issued on November 19, 2021. That was the day Vice President Kamala Harris officially became Acting President while Joe underwent a medical procedure that required anesthesia.  I will let you know when I get the answer.

Another way President Biden might get pardoned would be if he resigns. Kamala would become president up until January 20, and she could do the pardoning while in office.

In general, I think pardoning is only ethical if its purpose is mercy, or to right a wrong that was done at trial (think Jahar Tsarnaev). Nevertheless, the Constitution does make it more open-ended than that.

Rah rah the Constitution.  Rah rah America if the people ever decide to wake up. — Mary W Maxwell’s website is www.ConstitutonAndTruth.com. She is presently engaged in an effort to bring to light the true son of President John F Kennedy.

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  3. So far as I’m concerned it’s a complete non-event
    How about focusing on what’s prescient:

    “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social site.

    He added that, “Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!”
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-demands-immediate-release-of-oct-7-hostages-says-otherwise-there-will-be-hell-to-pay/ar-AA1v8WLn

    • THIS IS NOT FOR THE NORMIES.
      I have a annoying problem with
      http://www.beforeitsnews.com – people powered news with interruptions and the bloody rumble ads. I have wasted about 15 mins getting to about the 25 min mark for
      PATRIOT UNDERGROUND- MIKE KING UPDATE (12.2.24 9pm – )
      I started listening to Mike King after my reply to the Berry above.
      Now just fancy, my questions fit with King’s assessment.
      He adds the ‘Schofield [Christian] CROWD.
      I have mentioned before that they have bee suckered with BS. God is not a bigot! Do not insult ‘source’.
      Anyway, I commend to the thinkers who can appreciate a complex game to at least get to 25 mins.
      I am off to fit the Real Mary into my schedule.
      Cheers. 6.43 pm

  4. Of course it is a non-event, the dad is dead💁🤪
    Again, WHO REALLY BELIEVES THAT ‘the Biden’ is the real Biden💁🤪
    As for the hostages, ‘…… those responsible (really) will be hit harder than anyone has been hit….”
    Now who really said that?
    Who are those really responsible?🙀🙀? Well what about those who let it happen to be done by those who really control those who did it!
    Then.
    WHY?
    Have to love those ‘chosen’ 🤪 to apply simple normie concepts🤪

  5. If anyone wants something real and here now affecting millions of Australians.
    Just listen to the public reactions on the CBA Xankers proposing to charge its customer creditors $3.00 to obtains some of their loan to the CBA back in cash.
    So if you have three dollars in your loan deposit to the CBAand wish to withdraw it, YOU GET NOTHING BACK FRON YOUR LOAN TO THE BANK.
    So who is going to worry about Israel and hostages now as our financial futures go down the bank hole.
    4.46 pm

    • People are paying a million $ for 50sq.metres in Sydney. That’s a $2,500,000 repayment on long term loan. At $50,000 per sq.m, from each borrower, banks can’t go 😑 wrong!
      How many lifetimes does one need?
      $3 charge every time you click.

        • Max is well invested in Bitcoin since the years when they “used to buy pizzas with it” but like white-hats theories, the Globalists are aware of all of it and so is BlackRock’s super-computer “Aladdin”

  8. The Worlds Money and Finance System Is Shifting This Week
    We are witnessing in real time the introduction of the new digital global dollar at the same time companies moving away from traditional finance and adopting Bitcoin as company reserve assets . Countries and cities are doing the same, all it seems at the same months. The massive event is December 04 when XRP / Ripple launches its RLUSD, what we would call a global reserve currency. IT HAS BEGUN !

    • Travellers are going to find it irresistible if you can redeem it without any margin, however, will the price go up like gold and Bitcoin or will it tailspin into worthlessness like printed scrip and dollar denominated accounts like superannuation

  9. Warning — downloading
    just sharing again–BBC-The Kingdom– I personally found it very informative– Saudi Arabia – well please watch if it opens– and if you have an investigative mind you will be able to see who is in control. I have only watched part one with full concentration and can connect the dots following the money and the politics.

    netflicks series- then BBC part one on ABC 2 nights ago — part 2 next week-

    BBC ABC — not directly related to anything -BUT- recently I wrote a “paper” re Chelmsford Scandal- “Deep Sleep” Therapy – Sydney–related to New Haven Larundel
    Townsville Ward 10– and much more.

    I found a BBC video about Chelmsford Bailey Herron Gill -using this therapy linked to Montreal McGill MKULTRA all exposed 1975– in US— Gottlieb — Gittinger — Ewen Cameron—–etc etc -” project MK Ultra was revealed to the public in 1975 by the Church Committee ( named after Senator Frank Church) of the United States Congress and Gerald Ford’s United States President’s Commission on CIA Activities in the United States ( the Rockefeller Commission)– stacks to see here.

    Said to have ended– but no still going — anyway back to BBC link ABC—

    The BBC said it was based on the research of William Sargant who according to them disapproved of the way Bailey Herron etc ran the Hospital. They painted William Sargant as an ethical pioneer of this groundbreaking work and how he disapproved of the unethical practices in Australia — re writing history- like Saville story — all stories are being rewritten. Record removed 404 Statues erected.

    John Herron provides a very good example of this rewriting of history here in Australia.

    https://iview.abc.net.au/video/ZW4239A002S00
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001zprq

    on a positive personal note -recently I have met the most wonderful -group of “young” people– who see “me” as a person, an elder, a woman who has an interesting history and they want to learn from “me” “us” fragmented as we are –

    thank you GS et al just keep going

  10. “As far as I know, his mom died in a deliberate car crash in 1972”

    As far as you know ?
    Just sounds like the same old imaginary victim fixation to me; as if there weren’t enough of the genuine sort !

  11. Ok normies, what are you doing here if you cannot face reality, go watch the ABC.
    For Dianne.
    At http://www.beforeitsnews.com – people powered news via DuckDuckGo search.
    From 40 mins, there is much you would already know then at about 1.14 Candace? Has a few words in support. ( Candace Owens?)
    As for for the normies, keep soaking up them chemtrails from 40 mins.
    As for the rest, you sillies do not want to know anyway.
    Oh, right; Real Mary at WTPN SITUATION UPDATE TODAY.
    For the normies, just pull over your blankie and do not give a shit.

  15. We had “AI” for more than 20 years when they first launched “Ask Jeeves” but now we are told we got AI when crooked, lying Chat GPT was launched and with it all these damnable spell checkers with no off switch we are being forced to “train”

    • Joe when I read (scan) the content of your 15 posts above — a “cascade of evidence” — I do not smile -such suffering -such loss -such deep sorrow -such empathy-

      I select just one para
      “The Mockingbird Press has now flooded the zone with Usha puff pieces. Just google her name and see the fare dished up: AP, Reuters, BBC, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, PBS, Times of India, Axios, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The New York Times, YouTube, The Hill, Washington Post, MSNBC News, CNN, The Daily Beast, Facebook, Business Insider, USA Today, People, Fox News, Law.com, The Sun, DW, The Independent, Yahoo News.

      Yada, yada, yada. Same old same old Pilgrims Society “government by journalism.”

  18. A key component of this story has been omitted , that being the real Biden has been dead for months .

    What does this all really mean ? Plea deal ? Public theatric for some unknown reason ? The genuine love between a lad and his pops imposter ? Did Jill push for it ? Didn’t Trump stop playing pretend ? Is this pardon even valid ?

    If i remember right , the real Joe pardoned the Swamp some time ago .

    • Looks like the same progressively deteriorating Biden to me.
      The “body doubles” would need more than a mask to impersonate Joe.

    • Yes Hans, it is all a scam but everyone also ignores Derek Johnson’s exposure of the hoax inauguration .
      Confucius he say; many ignorant wasted words without research fill empty can with nothing.
      9.14 am

    • As Biden has never been anything more than a figurehead of a particular mindset the fake argument is void, just one more stream of distraction/entertainment feeding into a veritable sea

    • You don’t need a degree in political science to figure out that the Assad regime was bound to fall apart once Hezbollah became consumed by another cause.

        • No mention of the American sanctions put in place to cripple Syria and no mention of Israel’s hidden hand to further implement it’s expansion in the region.
          A much clearer assessment, including an interview with a journalist who lived in Aleppo, is well framed in the first half of the video above.

      • “(the turn of events) began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. In the face of staunch Ukrainian resistance, Russia was forced to redeploy troops from Syria to the frontlines in Ukraine, alongside some significant hardware, including air-defence systems. Russia’s presence in Syria was further reduced in 2023, after the Kremlin curtailed the Syrian operations of the Wagner Group, following the attempted coup against the Kremlin staged by its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin.

        Then came Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October last year. Up until then, Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah had been expanding their military activities in Syria, shoring up Assad at the same time as they intensified their shadow war on Israel. Indeed, Iran had even helped establish a new proxy group in Syria, known as Syrian Hezbollah, comprising thousands of fighters from Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq. But from 7 October onwards, Hezbollah itself started to pull almost all of its troops back to fight Israel from Lebanon, while Israel itself staged attacks on Iranian militias on Syrian soil.”
        https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/12/03/the-syrian-tragedy-continues/

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