and huge data point or argument for more time for joe biden inor the white house. yes, probably. thank you, my friend. president biden was in normandy today commemorating the 80th anniversary of d-day, and while he was there he was asked about something totally unrelated, whether he would issue a pardon for his son hunter if the federal jury in delawarefe convicts the youngerf felony gun possession. here s how president biden responded. as ween sit here in normandy your son hunter is on trial, and i know that you cannot speak about an ongoing federal prosecution, but let me ask you will you accept the jury s outcome, their verdict no matter what itdi is? yes. and have you ruled out a pardon for yourself? yes. pretty clear answer there, but again this is a yes or no question, and to be honest shouldn t be that hard to answer. joe biden as president with the power to pardon anyone he wants at the federal level will let his son go to prison if he is found guilt
president biden was in normandy today commemorating the 80th anniversary of d-day. while he was there he was asked about something totally unrelated. whether he would issue a pardon for his son hunter if he is convicted of felony gun vices. here is how he responded. as we sit here in normandy, your son hunter is on trial. let me ask you, will you accept the jury s outcome, their verdict, no matter what it is? yes. and have you ruled out a pardon for your son? yes. pretty clear answer there. but again, this is a yes or no question. and to be honest, it shouldn t be that hard to answer. joe biden as president with the power to pardon anyone he wants at the federal level will let his son go to prison if he is found guilty by a jury of his peers because that is how the american justice system is supposed to work. now compare that answer to former president donald trump s answer. on trump s last day in office, january 20th, 2021, he issued more than 70 pardons and there
the new york criminal case against donald trump was one of the four he is facing that will reach the sentencing stage before the november election. two of those cases of course federal prosecutions that will likely be shut down by trump s justice department if, it is a big if, donald trump is elected president. and then there is georgia. a state level case of prosecutorial independence that the doj can t touch and for which trump can t pardon himself. now, trump knows all of this quite well. he is doing everything in his power to shield himself from any charges regardless of whether he wins the election or not. he is doing it with the help of his own party in congress. where the speaker of the house is now considering a bill to give current and former american presidents the option of moving state or local prosecutions into the federal courts instead. joining me now is duncan levan.
the new york criminal case against donald trump is probably the only one of the four that he is currently facing that will reach the sentencing stage before the november election. two of those cases, of course, prosecutions that will likely be shutdown by trump s justice department if it is a big if donald trump is re-elected president. and then there s georgia, a state level case with prosecutorial independence the doj can t touch and for which trump can t pardon himself. same goes for his new york state conviction. now, trump knows all of this quite well, which is why he s doing everything in his power to shield himself from any current or future state level criminal charges regardless of whether he wins the election or not. and he s doing it with the help of his own party in congress, where the speaker of the house is now considering a bill to give current and former american presidents the option of moving state or local prosecutions into the federal courts instead.