{"id":2393272,"date":"2025-01-21T14:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-must-know-something-that-other-people-do-not-on-family-pardons-kevin-mccarthy-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T14:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:02:15","slug":"biden-must-know-something-that-other-people-do-not-on-family-pardons-kevin-mccarthy-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-must-know-something-that-other-people-do-not-on-family-pardons-kevin-mccarthy-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden must \u2018know something that other people do not\u2019 on family pardons: Kevin McCarthy &#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\">34<\/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%2Fbiden-must-know-something-that-other-people-do-not-on-family-pardons-kevin-mccarthy-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=2393272&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">provided text<\/a> contains a snippet of \u2063HTML code along with a title concerning\u2063 comments made by Kevin McCarthy\u2064 about President \u2062Biden and family \u200dpardons. Specifically, McCarthy implies that Biden may possess information \u2063that the public is unaware of regarding the pardoning \u2062of family members. This comment \u2062suggests a level of suspicion or intrigue about the motivations behind such pardons. The excerpt includes various elements\u2062 of\u2062 a \u200dwebpage, such as buttons \u200cand search functionalities, indicating that it \u200dis \u200bpart of an online article or\u2063 news platform.  <\/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 must &lsquo;know something that other people do not&rsquo; on family pardons: Kevin McCarthy<\/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_1941339\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> said Monday that there&rsquo;s a double standard when it comes to former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s preemptive pardons of his family members and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s pardons of Jan. 6 rioters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>McCarthy was asked about the difference between the two swaths of pardons while being interviewed on NBC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/kevin-mccarthy-clashes-nbc-hosts-002207280.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to a report<\/a>. The former House speaker said the difference was Trump ran on pardoning Jan. 6 rioters, while Biden campaigned saying he would never pardon his son.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the difference,&rdquo; McCarthy said. &ldquo;This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-teacher-union-president-disgusted-that-schools-are-reopening\/\" title=\"Philadelphia Teacher Union President \u2018Disgusted\u2019 That Schools Are Reopening\">president told<\/a> the American public, while he was campaigning for office, &lsquo;If I&rsquo;m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">elected president<\/a>, I will pardon these people.&rsquo; Compare this to Joe Biden, who said he would never pardon his son, who now, on the very last day in the last 30 minutes, pardons his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">entire family<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy said the pardons suggest that members of Biden&rsquo;s family have done &ldquo;something wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Terrible. Terrible,&rdquo; McCarthy said. &ldquo;Think about what everybody else had gone through. Why pardon your family? It makes no sense to me. &hellip; All it does is put a cloud over that you did something wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy also suggested the timing was suspect.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You must know something that other people do not, and what?&rdquo; McCarthy said. &ldquo;Why do you wait until 30 minutes before? Why did you tell the American public you would never pardon your son, and you do it now?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden was pardoned on <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-son-hunter-charges-pardon-pledge-24f3007c2d2f467fa48e21bbc7262525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dec. 2<\/a>. However, on Monday, just hours before handing the White House over to Trump, Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3293098\/biden-pardons-family-members-last-minute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pardoned<\/a> five other members of his family: his brothers, James and Francis Biden, and the former&rsquo;s wife, Sara Biden, and his sister, Valerie Biden Owens, and her husband, John Owens. Joe Biden did not pardon first lady Jill Biden or any of his children other than Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The difference here is whether you agree or disagree about what President Trump&rsquo;s going to do, he told the American public ahead of time,&rdquo; McCarthy said. &ldquo;They put that into consideration whether they vote for him for president, so he&rsquo;s just keeping a campaign promise.&rdquo;<\/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_1941339\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1941339\"}});<\/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>McCarthy claims Biden&#8217;s family pardons show a double standard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3042,"featured_media":2393275,"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\/ap-kevin-mccarthy-112624.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,48950,34742,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2393272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-family-pardons","tag-kevin-mccarthy","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ap-kevin-mccarthy-112624.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393272","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\/3042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393272"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393277,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393272\/revisions\/2393277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}