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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Weeks before leaving office, President Joe Biden has changed

his mind about pardoning his son Hunter Biden. Biden in reversing himself said he felt the case

was politically motivated and designed to hurt him personally. The pardon is broad, covering any

actions taken in the last 10 years. The decision, meanwhile, is getting plenty of

blowback, both from Republicans and even some Democrats, who say it could make it harder to oppose

actions by President-elect Donald Trump to issue pardons of his own for criminal behavior.

Here's Colorado Governor Jared Poe speak on NPR's here and now. I think it's important to hold

Republicans and Democrats to the same

high standards. And I was frankly disappointed that he used the power of pardon to help a family

member. I understand as a father, why someone would want to do that. But I think if we're going to be

criticizing, for instance, the pardons President Trump made last time around, and we should, including

the father of his son-in-law, we need to take the

moral high ground here. Hunter Biden was convicted of illegally purchasing a gun. He also pleaded

guilty to federal tax charges. This great's former detective in Kansas City, Kansas was found

dead today. The same day as federal trial was slated to begin.

As Madeline Fox, a member station KCUR reports a judge issued a warrant when he failed to appear in court.

Federal prosecutors charged Roger Golubski with violating the civil rights of two women by rape, kidnapping, and sexual assault.

A federal statute makes it a crime for government officials, including law enforcement

officers, to deprive a person of federally protected civil rights. After they confirmed his

death, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss his case. The 2017 exoneration of a Kansas City

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