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The Bret Baier Podcast

All-Star Panel: President Biden Breaks His Word On Pardoning Hunter

The Bret Baier Podcast

FOX News Radio

News, Politics, News Commentary

3.6681 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Despite repeatedly assuring Americans he would not pardon his son, President Biden announced on Sunday he would be doing just that. At the tail-end of his term and just weeks before Hunter Biden's sentencing on gun and tax convictions was supposed to take place, how will this impact President Biden's legacy? And as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offers a potential pathway to peace if NATO membership is offered, could aggression in the region be reaching a close? To discuss this and President-elect Trump's recent Cabinet picks, FOX News Senior White House Correspondent Peter Doocy, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Member Bill McGurn, and Democratic Pollster Carly Cooperman. Follow Bret on X: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Fox News Podcasts presents Brett Baer's All-Star panel.

0:19.5

America's got to be in the lead if you want to deal with these threats.

0:22.6

We're going to lead.

0:23.5

The morning is over, the Shiva is done, and if you're a conservative, you should be optimistic.

0:28.7

You know, my main priority right now is making sure that it delivers for the American people.

0:32.3

We have to make our country great again, and I will do that. I think the president gets criticized by people all

0:37.9

a time for the stuff he says by people who ignore what he does. Now, Fox's chief political anchor,

0:44.1

Brett Bayer. President Biden is receiving backlash from both sides of the aisle following the announcement

0:49.9

he will pardon his son Hunter, something the Biden administration repeatedly said would not be done.

0:56.1

As one of the final acts of President Biden's term, just weeks before Hunter's sentencing on gun and tax

1:01.7

convictions, the full and unconditional pardon has Americans questioning the president's use of power.

1:07.9

Meanwhile, overseas, Ukrainian President Zelensky proposes a potential end to the hot stage

1:13.4

of war against Russia in exchange for NATO membership. To discuss what's happening at home and abroad,

1:19.5

we bring in our panel. Fox News Senior White House correspondent, Peter Deucy, Wall Street Journal

1:24.1

editorial board member, Bill McGurn, and Democratic pollster, Carly Cooperman.

1:29.2

Peter, the White House is not really apologizing for all the times they said it wasn't going to happen,

1:37.2

essentially saying he just reached a different conclusion.

1:40.9

Yes, and it is the conclusion that seems so obvious for years since President Biden came into office and had this power.

1:52.8

But the thing that is the most different is that the Biden White House, only less than a month ago, was referring to questions about a possible

2:03.7

Hunter pardon like they were part of some kind of a conspiracy theory.

2:08.3

This conspiracy theory turns out to be true.

2:12.3

Yeah, Carly, is there remorse in Democratic circles that this went down the way it did,

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