{"id":2329811,"date":"2024-08-23T07:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T11:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-may-not-have-shaken-hunter-biden-just-yet-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T07:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T11:09:44","slug":"kamala-harris-may-not-have-shaken-hunter-biden-just-yet-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-may-not-have-shaken-hunter-biden-just-yet-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris may not have shaken Hunter Biden just yet &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-may-not-have-shaken-hunter-biden-just-yet-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2329811&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President Joe Biden&#8217;s decision not to pardon his son, Hunter Biden,\u200d amidst ongoing legal\u2064 troubles. Lawmakers at\u200b the 2024 Democratic National Convention largely agree that \u200cVice President \u200dKamala Harris won&#8217;t extend any pardons\u200c either.\u200c There is\u200c speculation that former President Donald Trump might\u2062 offer a pardon to Hunter\u2064 Biden if he wins the upcoming election, \u2063as a gesture of unity\u200b and to\u200c counteract Democratic \u2062narratives. Some Democratic\u2064 representatives downplay any \u200bdiscussions of pardoning Hunter, \u200bframing it as a political\u200c maneuver similar to Trump&#8217;s past \u200cactions. many \u2064in the Democratic Party \u200cfeel that Biden&#8217;s legal issues should not overshadow the party&#8217;s agenda, \u200cand there seems to be little desire to address \u200cthe \u200dtopic\u200c at the convention.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden bowed out, but Harris may not have shaken Hunter just yet<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1736312\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>CHICAGO &mdash;&nbsp;<\/strong>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t do it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>And lawmakers attending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> Democratic National Convention willing to discuss the issue agree&nbsp;that Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> won&rsquo;t be pardoning Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Still, speculation has abounded that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> might help Hunter Biden out as a combined&nbsp;gesture of unity, and owning the libs, should he win the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I&rsquo;d like to see happen is I&rsquo;d like to see President Trump come out with a statement saying, &lsquo;Look, if Hunter Biden commits to a program of sobriety, inpatient or maybe outpatient, shows up, keeps his sobriety, I&rsquo;ll pardon him,&rdquo; former Trump adviser David Urban suggested in June. &ldquo;It would be a magnanimous offer on his part, shows humanity and, and really flip the tables on the Democrats.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s son is scheduled to be sentenced over three felony gun charge convictions the week after the election, on top of facing a separate trial relating to falsifying tax and business records next month.<\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming majority of lawmakers, delegates, and supporters attending the DNC declined to discuss the first son&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/randy-quaid-considering-run-for-california-governor\/\" title=\"Randy Quaid Considering Run For California Governor\">legal troubles<\/a>, with a number even suggesting that broaching the&nbsp;subject was&nbsp;disrespectful to the president.<\/p>\n<p>The brave few willing to engage on the issue scoffed at the idea that Harris would extend Hunter Biden&nbsp;a helping hand.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), asked if Harris should pardon the president&rsquo;s son or commute a sentence, flipped the question into a tongue-in-cheek attack on Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, no, that&rsquo;s Trump politics. He&rsquo;s the one who pardons his family members and his political party,&rdquo; he told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;following his remarks Thursday morning at the&nbsp;Wisconsin Democratic delegation&rsquo;s breakfast. &ldquo;Democrats don&rsquo;t do that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) rejected the idea that a Hunter Biden pardon is floating in the public discourse.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know whether there&rsquo;s talk of Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden has acknowledged his problems. He&rsquo;s being held accountable by the Department of Justice, and he&rsquo;s a private citizen who operates independently from his father,&rdquo; he stated before turning the discussion toward recent Republican efforts to impeach Harris herself.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we are seeing is more improper and inappropriate,&rdquo; Goldman, who before being elected to Congress in 2022 served as counsel in the 2019 impeachment of Trump, said of the new articles of impeachment and investigations filed against Harris. &ldquo;Politicized investigations targeting the new Democratic ticket and using the official resources and authority of Congress purely for electoral reasons, which is a violation of congressional Rules.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) told the&nbsp;<em>Washington&nbsp;Examiner <\/em>he has &ldquo;heard no talk whatsoever&rdquo; about Harris pardoning Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have no idea. I sincerely&nbsp;doubt it. I don&rsquo;t think Kamala Harris will be pardoning anyone,&rdquo; he said in an interview before criticizing Trump for vowing to pardon convicted Jan. 6 rioters.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who chaired the House Jan. 6 committee, has been critical of Republicans&rsquo; impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden that started with his son&rsquo;s foreign business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no question Hunter Biden is Joe Biden&rsquo;s son, but I don&rsquo;t think you impeach the daddy for something that the son did,&rdquo; Thompson told the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>While the pardoning decision would be up to a future President Harris, Thompson said, &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t recommend to her that she do it,&rdquo; suggesting others should be a higher priority.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I got a lot of people in my district I need to work on getting pardoned,&rdquo; Thompson said. <\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s son caused a brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buccal-fat-removal-surgery-is-the-worst-cosmetic-fad-to-hit-social-media\/\" title=\"Buccal Fat Removal Surgery is the Worst Cosmetic Fad to Hit Social Media\">stir earlier<\/a> this week when he was photographed alongside his father backstage just before Joe Biden delivered his speech at the DNC on Monday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Where&rsquo;s Hunter? He was backstage with his father before President Biden walked out for his speech <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HNUbBOItQX\">pic.twitter.com\/HNUbBOItQX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeneps\/status\/1825742033102737834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hunter Biden later joined the rest of his family onstage to cheer on the president after his speech wrapped.<\/p>\n<p>Following Hunter Biden&rsquo;s conviction, Joe Biden himself faced major scrutiny about the potential he would use his clemency powers to slip his son a get-out-of-jail-free card. But he put those rumors to bed in June, saying he was &ldquo;satisfied&rdquo; his son received a fair trial.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am not going to do anything,&rdquo; Joe Biden, flanked by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, told reporters at the G7 summit in Italy. &ldquo;I will abide by the jury&rsquo;s decision.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump himself has danced around the issue.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s appropriate for me to talk about it, to tell the truth. I felt that way with Hillary too,&rdquo; he told reporters at a lengthy press conference earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1736312\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1736312\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden has stepped back, but Harris may still be connected to Hunter Biden CHICAGO \u2014 President Joe Biden has stated that he will not intervene. Lawmakers at the 2024 Democratic National Convention who are open to discussing the matter concur that Vice President Kamala Harris is unlikely to grant a pardon to Hunter Biden. However, there is ongoing speculation that former President Donald Trump could potentially assist Hunter as a gesture of unity and political strategy if he wins the 2024 election. Former Trump advisor David Urban suggested in June, \u201cI would like to see President Trump issue a statement saying, \u2018If Hunter Biden commits to a sobriety program\u2014whether inpatient or outpatient\u2014and maintains his sobriety, I\u2019ll pardon him.\u2019 This would be a generous offer on his part and demonstrate compassion while turning the tables on Democrats.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden is set for sentencing next week following three felony gun charge convictions and faces another trial regarding falsified tax and business records next month. Most lawmakers, delegates, and supporters at the DNC avoided discussing Hunter&#8217;s legal issues; some even deemed it disrespectful towards the president. A few brave enough to address it dismissed any notion of Harris offering assistance. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) responded humorously when asked if Harris should consider pardoning him by redirecting criticism toward Trump: \u201cNo, no\u2014that\u2019s Trump politics. He pardons family members and allies; Democrats don\u2019t do that.\u201d Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) downplayed any public discourse about a potential pardon for Hunter: \u201cI\u2019m not aware of any discussions regarding him; he acknowledges his issues and is being held accountable by the Justice Department as an independent private citizen,\u201d he said before shifting focus onto recent Republican impeachment efforts against Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) told the Washington Examiner he had heard no discussions about Harris granting clemency for Hunter: \u201cI sincerely doubt it; I don\u2019t think Kamala Harris will be pardoning anyone,\u201d he remarked while criticizing Trump&#8217;s intentions toward those convicted from January 6th riots.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who led the House committee investigating January 6th events, criticized Republicans\u2019 impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden stemming from his son\u2019s business dealings: \u201cWhile there\u2019s no question that Hunter is Joe&#8217;s son, you shouldn\u2019t impeach a father for actions taken by his son,\u201d Thompson stated but added that if it were up to future President Harris regarding pardons, she should prioritize other matters first.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, there was brief attention on Hunter when he was seen backstage with Joe before his speech at DNC Monday night; later joining family members on stage in support after Joe spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Following concerns over whether Joe might use clemency powers for his son after Hunter&#8217;s conviction surfaced earlier scrutiny around this possibility which was addressed in June when Joe expressed confidence in having received fair trial outcomes stating firmly during G7 summit alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky: &#8220;I am not going to do anything&#8230; I will abide by jury\u2019s decision.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Trump himself has been evasive about commenting directly on this issue recently stating during an extensive press conference earlier this month: &#8220;I don\u2019t think it&#8217;s appropriate for me talk about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3385,"featured_media":2329812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-pardon-hunter.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37397,32528,32438,32603,32076],"class_list":["post-2329811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2023-election","tag-hunter-biden","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-pardon-hunter.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}