{"id":2377658,"date":"2024-12-08T10:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huckabee-says-trump-doesnt-need-bidens-pardon-law-is-on-his-side-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-08T10:34:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T15:34:58","slug":"huckabee-says-trump-doesnt-need-bidens-pardon-law-is-on-his-side-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huckabee-says-trump-doesnt-need-bidens-pardon-law-is-on-his-side-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Huckabee says Trump doesn\u2019t need Biden\u2019s pardon: \u2018Law is on his side\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fhuckabee-says-trump-doesnt-need-bidens-pardon-law-is-on-his-side-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=2377658&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>In a recent statement, former Governor Mike\u200d Huckabee expressed\u2064 the view \u2063that President-elect Donald Trump does not\u200d require a pardon from president Joe Biden concerning the indictments against him.Huckabee&#8217;s comments come shortly after Biden announced a pardon for\u200c his son Hunter related to federal gun and tax \u200dfraud convictions. This decision has sparked division within the Democratic Party. Huckabee emphasizes\u200b that trump has the law on his side and can navigate his legal challenges independently.  <\/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\">Huckabee says Trump doesn&rsquo;t need Biden&rsquo;s pardon: &lsquo;Law is on his side&rsquo;<\/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_1905782\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-huckabee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Huckabee<\/a> suggested President-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t need Joe Biden&rsquo;s help&rdquo; by way of a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pardons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pardon<\/a> from the indictments against him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A week has passed since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-washington-d-c-mayor-muriel-bowser-was-warned-but-refused-any-additional-help-before-january-6th-vote-on-stolen-election\/\" title=\"UPDATE: Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Was Warned but Refused Any Additional Help Before January 6th Vote on Stolen Election\">president announced<\/a> he was pardoning his son Hunter of federal gun and tax fraud convictions, including those offenses he &ldquo;may have committed or taken part in&rdquo; dating back to 2014. The move has divided the Democratic Party, and prompted former Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to suggest that Biden also pardon Trump, but Huckabee disagreed with the sentiment on <em>Newsmax News In-Depth<\/em> Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3106551\/biden-administration-rulemaking-blitzes-aim-trump-proof-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RULEMAKING BLITZES AIM TO TRUMP-PROOF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the fact is, the state charges in New York are the ones that are still being held. It&rsquo;s not the federal charges. Those are all pretty much dropped,&rdquo; Huckabee explained. &ldquo;So I wish that they would all be dropped, because they&rsquo;re all nonsense. But I think President Trump&rsquo;s got to continue to fight them and get them dismissed on appeal. He doesn&rsquo;t need Joe Biden&rsquo;s help to do that. I think the law is on his side, and he will ultimately prevail.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2719276&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=463829eae6fbfcabd0ced4320f6c42bb\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220320\/greatest-comeback-trump-white-house-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GREATEST COMEBACK? HERE&rsquo;S HOW TRUMP STACKS UP IN WHITE HOUSE HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Huckabee spoke as a member of Trump&rsquo;s administration since he was announced as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cant-deny-responsibility-for-our-so-so-divided-nation\/\" title=\"Biden Can\u2019t Deny Responsibility For Our \u2018So, So Divided\u2019 Nation\">president-elect&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s pick for the ambassadorship to Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Less than three weeks after Trump bested Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 elections,&nbsp;special prosecutor Jack Smith&nbsp;dismissed his case that centered on Trump&rsquo;s actions on January 6, 2021, and his case of Trump&rsquo;s handling of classified documents. Even though Trump&rsquo;s conviction on 34 felony counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">falsifying business records stands<\/a>, Judge Juan Merchan opted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3238866\/judge-indefinitely-postpones-trump-new-york-sentencing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"indefinitely postpone\">indefinitely postpone<\/a> his sentencing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Supreme Court ruling granting Trump some&nbsp;presidential&nbsp;immunity&nbsp;prompted Trump&rsquo;s lawyers to call to dismiss the case of election interference against him in Georgia. Their filing has yet to be ruled on by the Court of Appeals. Trump pleaded not guilty in every trial.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hunter Biden&nbsp;was convicted of lying on a federal form about his drug use to purchase a revolver, submitting a false statement into a federal record, and unlawfully possessing the&nbsp;firearm&nbsp;for 11 days. He also pleaded guilty to three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/read-in-full-hunter-bidens-nine-count-indictment\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden indicted on nine counts\">felony tax offenses<\/a> and six <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-responds-to-hunter-biden-case-sweetheart-deal\/\" title=\"DeSantis reacts to Hunter Biden case: &#039;Favorable agreement&#039;\">misdemeanor tax offenses<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1905782\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1905782\"}});<\/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>Huckabee claims Trump doesn&#8217;t require Biden&#8217;s pardon: &#8216;Law favors him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2377659,"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\/11\/AP24303752957113.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,3978,6547,12737,3634],"class_list":["post-2377658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-huckabee","tag-law","tag-pardon","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24303752957113.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377658","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2377658"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2377662,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377658\/revisions\/2377662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2377659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2377658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2377658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2377658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}