Mainstream media spent last week in a self-righteous frenzy over Joe Biden’s pardon of his son. Almost none of the coverage explained that Hunter Biden was pardoned for offenses rarely prosecuted in the first place.
Because he was in recovery and not using at the time, Hunter Biden answered “no” on a gun permit application where it asked about drug addiction. While this may have been a ‘context needed’ response, according to the National Criminal Justice Association, almost no one gets prosecuted for grey or even false answers on a gun permit application. Similarly, the tax charges brought against Hunter Biden were for first time tax offenses related to mis-claimed expenditures; such charges are rarely brought against first-time offenders, and almost never result in jail time.
