{"id":133258,"date":"2024-12-04T16:14:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T09:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133258"},"modified":"2024-12-04T16:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T09:14:51","slug":"newsom-and-schiff-sharply-criticize-president-for-pardoning-hunter-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133258","title":{"rendered":"Newsom and Schiff sharply criticize president for pardoning Hunter Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>Two of California\u2019s most prominent Democrats sharply criticized <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2024-12-01\/president-biden-pardons-hunter-biden\">President Biden\u2019s controversial pardon<\/a> of his son Hunter, with Sen.-elect Adam B. Schiff and Gov. Gavin Newsom both expressing disappointment Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith everything the president and his family have been through, I completely understand the instinct to protect Hunter. But I took the president at his word,\u201d Newsom <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/03\/newsom-hunter-biden-pardon-00192447?is_magic_link=true&amp;template_id=OTJIR2CRKUD6&amp;template_variant_id=OTV1GDUJ5B1ZS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Politico<\/a>, referencing the fact that Biden had repeatedly and unequivocally vowed not to pardon his son in recent months before issuing the expansive clemency grant on Sunday. \u201cSo by definition, I\u2019m disappointed and can\u2019t support the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The break with the outgoing president was significant for a governor who <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2023-09-28\/newsom-biden-gop-debate\">acted as an emphatic surrogate<\/a> for Biden\u2019s 2024 presidential campaign before dropping his bid for reelection. Newsom <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-07-10\/newsom-biden-challenge-harris-president-election\">vociferously defended Biden<\/a> even as others raised questions about his age and abilities. <\/p>\n<p>Schiff, who <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-12-03\/sen-elect-schiff-says-solving-economic-woes-saving-american-democracy-go-hand-in-hand\">will be sworn in Monday<\/a> as California\u2019s next U.S. senator, said in <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/12016449\/bidens-pardon-has-deeply-disappointed-californias-next-senator-adam-schiff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an interview with KQED<\/a> that he was \u201cdeeply disappointed\u201d by the pardon. <\/p>\n<p>Schiff told the Northern California radio station that he feared the pardon would set a \u201cbad precedent\u201d that \u201cwill undoubtedly be abused and probably will be abused in the very near future by the incoming president, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HashtagTrump\/status\/1863455955079372963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who was already citing it<\/a> in connection with his desire to pardon the Jan. 6 attackers, people who beat police officers and bear-sprayed them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spokespeople for Schiff and Newsom declined to provide further comment to The Times.<\/p>\n<p>Biden issued a \u201cfull and unconditional\u201d pardon for his 54-year-old son Sunday in a sweeping grant of clemency that encompassed offenses that Hunter Biden \u201cmay have committed or taken part in\u201d from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024. Hunter Biden was previously convicted by a jury of illegally purchasing a handgun in Delaware and pleaded guilty to tax charges in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>California Sen. Alex Padilla took a softer tone than Schiff and Newsom in a Monday night interview with Jen Psaki on MSNBC, saying he was surprised since Biden was \u201ctelling us for months and months and months that he wouldn\u2019t pardon his son\u201d and said he was \u201cnot sure I would have made the decision that he announced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Californians were<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2024-12-02\/democrats-reaction-hunter-biden-pardon\"> far from the only prominent Democrats<\/a> to critique Biden\u2019s choice: Dissenting voices included Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who wrote that he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d that Biden \u201cput his family ahead of the country,\u201d and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who characterized the decision as one that \u201cput personal interest ahead of duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-12-03\/newsom-and-schiff-sharply-criticize-hunter-biden-pardon\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of California\u2019s most prominent Democrats sharply criticized President Biden\u2019s controversial pardon of his son Hunter, with Sen.-elect Adam B. 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Gavin Newsom both expressing disappointment Tuesday. \u201cWith &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133258\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}