Press Secretary Defends Biden’s Choice to Pardon Son, Washington Reacts to Kash Patel’s FBI Nomination, American Hostage Dead | Dec. 2

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🗓️ 2 December 2024

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is defending President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon Hunter Biden. President-elect Donald Trump caused plenty of stir over the long holiday weekend by naming Kash Patel to head the FBI. Israeli American hostage Omer Neutra is confirmed dead. Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda

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0:00.0	White House press secretary Corrine Jean-Pierre is defending President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son.
0:08.0	I'm Virginia Allen, and this is The Daily Signal's Top News in 10 for Monday, December 2nd.
0:16.5	President Joe Biden says he changed his mind.
0:23.8	After months of saying that he wouldn't pardon his son Hunter on Sunday night, he did.
0:28.7	White House press secretary Corrine Jean-Pierre also said previously that Biden would not pardon his son Hunter.
0:35.6	Now the press secretary is defending the president's decision.
0:39.8	Karin-Jean-Pierre spoke to press and denied that the president lied to the American people,
0:45.0	even though Biden did repeatedly say that he would not pardon Hunter.
0:49.4	The White House press secretary spoke to the press on Air Force One and defended the president's choice
0:55.2	to pardon his son Hunter over the weekend.
0:58.0	He came to this decision this weekend.
1:00.8	So let's be very clear about that.
1:02.3	He says it himself.
1:03.4	It's in his voice.
1:04.3	He said he came to this decision this weekend.
1:07.0	And he said he wrestled with us because he believes in the justice Simpson, but he also believes that the war politics infected the process and led to a miscarriage of justice.
1:20.2	Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow Hans von Spakovsky joins us now to discuss Hans.
1:25.1	Welcome back to this show.
1:26.2	Well, thanks for having me.
1:27.1	Yeah, you changed his mind. The fact that Joe Biden was going to pardon his son was as sure as the fact that the sun rises in the east.
1:37.3	So there was never a question in your mind. I was never a question my mind. I knew he would do it. It was just a
1:41.4	question of how soon would he do it?
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