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Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Monday, December 2, 2024.

This is the excerpt.

Today, we break down President Biden's pardon of his son.

Plus, Trump makes new tariff threats and how Congress could be a critical player in a

potential series of tests of our checks and balances.

In a stunning reversal, President Joe Biden announced yesterday that he has pardoned

his son Hunter Biden, who was convicted of three federal gun felonies and federal tax charges

earlier this year. In a statement, Biden said, quote, from the day I took office, I said I would

not interfere with the Justice Department's decision-making, and I kept my word,

even as I have watched my son being selectively and unfairly prosecuted, unquote. Biden said he

believes in the justice system, but that raw politics has infected this process, and it led to a

miscarriage of justice. Biden previously said he would not pardon his son, who was the first child of a sitting

president to be convicted of a crime. NBC News first reported the pardon. In June, Hunter Biden was

found guilty of falsely filling out a federal form denying he was addicted to narcotics when he purchased a firearm,

lying to a gun dealer and knowingly possessing the revolver despite restrictions against

people addicted to drugs owning firearms. He was also found guilty of charges, including failing

to pay his taxes from 2016 through 2019. He was expected to be sentenced for both convictions

in the coming weeks. President-elect Donald Trump continues to threaten to use tariffs against foreign nations,

this time toward a block of nine countries if they try to undermine the dollar's global

dominance.

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