{"id":4198,"date":"2024-12-05T00:49:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T00:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=4198"},"modified":"2024-12-05T00:49:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T00:49:49","slug":"joe-walsh-hunter-biden-pardon-utter-bulls%e2%80%91%e2%80%91%e2%80%91-stupidly-selfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=4198","title":{"rendered":"Joe Walsh: Hunter Biden pardon \u2018utter bulls\u2011\u2011\u2011,\u2019 \u2018stupidly selfish\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"keep\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4199 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg 225w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Former Republican Rep.\u00a0Joe Walsh\u00a0(Ill.) ripped President Biden\u2019s decision\u00a0to pardon his son, Hunter, calling it \u201cutter bulls\u2011\u2011\u2011\u201d and \u201cstupidly selfish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"keep\">\u201cThis is utter bulls\u2011\u2011\u2011, just plain wrong, &amp; stupidly selfish,\u201d Walsh\u00a0posted on X\u00a0on Sunday evening. \u201cShame on you @POTUS, you\u2019ve given Trump license now to dole out favors to his family &amp; wealthy friends. And when he does, you\u2019ve given his supporters the opportunity to say \u2018everyone does it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__content\">\n<div id=\"acm-ad-tag-mr1_ab-mr1_ab\" data-slot=\"{&quot;is_oop&quot;:false,&quot;is_companion&quot;:true,&quot;sizes&quot;:[[[1280,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[1024,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[768,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[641,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]]],&quot;size&quot;:[300,250]}\" data-unit=\"\/5678\/nx.thehill\/news\/administration\" data-fbonly=\"false\" data-refids=\"\" data-not-refids=\"\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;kw&quot;:&quot;5017226-hunter-biden-pardon-joe-walsh&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mr1_ab&quot;,&quot;fold&quot;:&quot;atf&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;administration&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAnd btw Biden, you lied,\u201d Walsh added, referencing Biden\u2019s previous claims that he was not going to issue the pardon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\"><\/div>\n<p>The pardon clears\u00a0Hunter Biden\u00a0in both of his federal cases. In June, he was found guilty on three felony charges over his purchase and possession of a gun in 2018, violating the law by concealing drug use. He also avoided a trial after pleading guilty in September to nine federal tax charges.<\/p>\n<p>Walsh also slammed President Biden\u2019s decision during a Sunday night appearance on MSNBC, calling the pardon \u201cjust deflating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019I told you so. They\u2019re all like that,\u2019\u201d Walsh said when asked about the likely response from Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Nobody\u2019s above the law,\u2019 we\u2019ve been screaming. Well,\u00a0<span class=\"person-popover\" data-nid=\"5215\">Joe Biden\u00a0<\/span>just made clear his son Hunter is above the law,\u201d he added. \u201c\u2019Donald Trump lies every time he opens his mouth,\u2019 we\u2019ve been screaming. Joe Biden repeatedly lied about this. \u2018The politicization of the justice system,\u2019 Donald Trump and his people have been screaming. That\u2019s exactly what Biden said here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"person-popover\" data-nid=\"28341\">Hunter Biden,<\/span>\u00a054, was\u00a0set to face sentencing\u00a0in the gun case Wednesday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__content\">\n<div id=\"acm-ad-tag-mr2_ab-mr2_ab\" data-slot=\"{&quot;is_oop&quot;:false,&quot;is_companion&quot;:true,&quot;sizes&quot;:[[[1280,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[1024,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[768,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[641,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]]],&quot;size&quot;:[300,250]}\" data-unit=\"\/5678\/nx.thehill\/news\/administration\" data-fbonly=\"false\" data-refids=\"\" data-not-refids=\"\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;kw&quot;:&quot;5017226-hunter-biden-pardon-joe-walsh&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mr2_ab&quot;,&quot;fold&quot;:&quot;atf&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;administration&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cNo reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter\u2019s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son \u2014 and that is wrong,\u201d President Biden said in a statement announcing the pardon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Republican Rep.\u00a0Joe Walsh\u00a0(Ill.) ripped President Biden\u2019s decision\u00a0to pardon his son, Hunter, calling it \u201cutter bulls\u2011\u2011\u2011\u201d and \u201cstupidly selfish.\u201d \u201cThis is utter bulls\u2011\u2011\u2011, just plain wrong, &amp; stupidly selfish,\u201d Walsh\u00a0posted on X\u00a0on Sunday evening. \u201cShame on you @POTUS, you\u2019ve given Trump license now to dole out favors to his family &amp; wealthy friends. And when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"jnews-360x180":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15-225x180.jpg",225,180,true],"jnews-750x375":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"jnews-1140x570":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"jnews-120x86":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15-120x86.jpg",120,86,true],"jnews-350x250":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"jnews-750x536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"jnews-1140x815":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"jnews-360x504":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"jnews-75x75":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15-75x75.jpg",75,75,true],"jnews-350x350":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"jnews-featured-750":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false],"jnews-featured-1140":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg",225,225,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Newssoccer","author_link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Blog<\/a>","tag_info":"Blog","comment_count":"0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/images-15.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4200,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198\/revisions\/4200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}