Well, folks, if you needed any more evidence that the Biden administration operates with all the transparency of a brick wall, NBC News just dropped a bombshell—buried 14 paragraphs deep, of course.
It turns out that while President Joe Biden was out there reassuring Americans he would not pardon his son Hunter, his inner circle was privately keeping the option very much on the table.
Let that sink in. This wasn’t a case of Biden having a sudden change of heart. No, this was a calculated deception—an intentional strategy to tell the public one thing while planning for something entirely different.
According to NBC, the decision to publicly deny the possibility of a pardon was made months ago, even as the president and his team quietly weighed their options. The whole “I won’t pardon my son” routine was just another page in the playbook.
Biden Breaks One Last Promise, Pardons Felon Son https://t.co/sFjzYbeBVb
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) December 2, 2024
Now, when confronted with this revelation, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre predictably tried to gaslight the entire country. She hopped on X (formerly Twitter) to insist that the decision was only made over the Thanksgiving weekend. Sure, Karine. And I’m sure that turkey pardoned itself, too.
The truth is, this administration has made dishonesty its modus operandi. Biden’s claim of a career built on “telling the truth” is laughable in light of this latest episode. It’s part of a long pattern: from inflation being “transitory” to “the border is secure” to “Afghanistan was a success.” Each time, they’ve told the American people what they wanted to hear, only for the reality to come crashing down later.
This pardon is unprecedented—not just because it’s the president’s own son, but because of the sheer gall it takes to lie about it for months while privately planning to pull the trigger. It’s a slap in the face to every American who believed Biden when he said the rule of law would guide his presidency. Worse yet, it sets a dangerous precedent for the normalization of corruption cloaked in moralistic platitudes.
And let’s be clear: NBC burying this critical detail isn’t some accident. Legacy media outlets like this one have spent years shielding Biden from scrutiny. If this were a Republican president, the story would have been front-page news, complete with blaring headlines and breathless commentary about the erosion of democracy. But with Biden? It’s treated like a footnote.
