From Washington: The Implications Of Hunter Biden's Pardon

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🗓️ 7 December 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week, President Biden signed a pardon for his son, Hunter, after months of saying that no such clemency was being considered. The pardoning of Hunter Biden is also raising questions about the possibility of President Biden issuing blanket pardons for critics of President-elect Trump with his final days in office. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Andrew McCarthy explains the limits of presidential clemency powers and discusses the significance of the latest pardon. As President-elect Trump's cabinet picks face scrutiny ahead of confirmation hearings in January. FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent, Chad Pergram looks at where these nominations currently stand, and what to expect from the rest of President Trump’s nominees. Plus, Chad discusses the fireworks at yesterday's Secret Service hearing, noting they were some of the most explosive exchanges in Congressional history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	Saturday, December 7th, 2024.
0:34.1	I'm Jared Halpern.
0:35.7	President Biden's pardon for his son is unlikely to be the last clemency of his term.
0:41.3	Most of the notorious scandalous pardons where we've had abuse of the pardon power, they tend to happen when either a term limited or otherwise failed president president who was never obviously going to be president
0:56.6	again, is leaving office.
0:58.4	I'm Ryan Schmels, a hectic week on Capitol Hill as President-elect Trump's cabinet nominees
1:03.8	meet with senators, and as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramoswamy pitched the Department
1:09.1	of Government Efficiency. And you thought that it was a media frenzy with Ramoswamy and with Musk and with Hegeseth.
1:16.8	Wait until Robert F. Kennedy darkens the door of the U.S. Capitol.
1:20.8	This is the Fox News Rundown from Washington.
1:34.5	The from Washington. A president has the power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States.
1:40.9	It says so in Article 2, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. And that pardon power has been
1:46.7	wielded since the first days of the Republic. President George Washington used that power
1:51.8	16 times, including for Americans convicted of treason during the Whiskey Rebellion. That one was
1:58.9	controversial. And many pardoned sense have raised questions about
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