Critics of Joe Biden’s shock pardon to his son Hunter have noted a key detail linking the delay to the younger Biden’s time on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma.
The surprise decision to pardon Hunter comes just weeks after the White House denied that the president would take this drastic step in the final months of his lame-duck presidency.
The document grants a full and unconditional pardon for Hunter’s potential crimes committed “from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.”
This has led many to theorize that there is something lurking beneath the pardon, which is intended to acquit Hunter Biden of charges that came to light in 2018.
“Hunter Biden joined Burisma’s board in 2014,” wrote conservative commentator Liz Wheeler. “By pardoning Hunter for all crimes he ‘may have committed’ between 2014 and 2024, Joe Biden is protecting his family’s criminal cartel. Wow.’
She added that Biden is protecting his son from the potential new head of the FBI: “This pardon is not about the gun charge. The Big Guy is protecting himself from Kash Patel.”
Hunter called his father, Joe, “the big guy” in a 2017 email about a business deal that made millions for the Biden family and their cohorts.
“Truly unbelievable that Joe Biden pardoned Hunter starting in 2014 – the year he was appointed to the board of Burisma,” Greg Price wrote. “You can’t make it up.”