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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Baragona

Rachel Maddow defends Biden’s pardon for Hunter because Kash Patel has a ‘hit list’

MSNBC star Rachel Maddow rationalized on Monday night President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter by framing it within the context of President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of far-right extremist Kash Patel to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Specifically, the progressive host noted that the possible FBI director has “literally published a hit list of people he wants to go after once” the incoming president takes power, referencing Patel’s 2023 book Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy.

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