{"id":133766,"date":"2024-12-06T00:27:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133766"},"modified":"2024-12-06T00:27:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:27:03","slug":"biden-library-reportedly-under-threat-by-democrats-enraged-by-hunter-pardon-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133766","title":{"rendered":"Biden library reportedly under threat by Democrats enraged by Hunter pardon | Joe 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>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Senior Democrats are reportedly considering withholding contributions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/joebiden\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s future presidential library amid a mounting backlash over his decision grant a blanket pardon to his son Hunter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The threat has emerged as simmering anger among congressional Democrats \u2013 already building over the president\u2019s insistence on seeking a second term before belatedly stepping aside as the party nominee in favour of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/kamala-harris\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Kamala Harris<\/a> \u2013 has burst into the open over Sunday\u2019s pardon, which Biden had previously vowed not to give.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/12\/05\/joe-biden-pardon-hunter-biden-presidential-library?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reported<\/a> that party grandees were considering taking out their \u201crage\u201d on Biden\u2019s library project. Planning for the library, in the president\u2019s home state of Delaware, is being spearheaded by the White House deputy chief of staff, Annie Tomasini, and Anthony Bernal, senior adviser to Jill Biden, the first lady.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"c28cb4fe-c264-4840-8dd6-44228f7fe799\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;What is a presidential pardon and how has it been used in the US?&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;c28cb4fe-c264-4840-8dd6-44228f7fe799&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/02\/presidential-pardon-explained&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIf they had their shit together, they would have been doing the work on this over the summer \u2013 right after he announced he was stepping aside,\u201d the site quoted one unnamed Democrat as saying. \u201cNow, it\u2019s just too late. Hopefully they are rightsizing their expectations and budget!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Presidential libraries \u2013 a tradition begun by Franklin D Roosevelt \u2013 are generally funded by a combination of private donors, state and local governments, and university partners. Maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration, they are used to house presidents\u2019 papers and documents after they leave office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A source familiar with Biden\u2019s project played down the possibility of donations being withheld, telling Axios: \u201cThat sentiment hasn\u2019t come up in a single donor conversation, and work is well under way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">However, the fact that it is being publicly mooted is a sign of the internal party disenchantment following the pardoning of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/hunter-biden\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Hunter Biden<\/a>, 54, who was convicted of lying on gun ownership application forms and separate charges of tax evasion. He had been due to be sentenced on both convictions this month. The act of clemency came less than a month after a demoralising election defeat that many privately blame Biden for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Biden, in his statement, said his son \u201cwas treated differently\u201d than other people who had been late paying taxes because they were undergoing addiction problems. Biden pardoned his son for all possible offences committed between 2013 and 2024 \u2013 foreclosing the possibility of the incoming Trump administration reopening a case against the younger Biden that might be driven by the president-elect\u2019s often-repeated desire for \u201cretribution\u201d against his political enemies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The judge in the tax case, Mark Scarsi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/judge-hunter-biden-case-calls-presidents-pardon-statement-attempt-rewr-rcna182825\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">accused<\/a> the president of \u201crewriting history\u201d in a ruling penned after the pardon. He added that Hunter Biden\u2019s tax offences had been committed after the period of his drug and alcohol addiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A procession of Democratic senators and congressmembers have publicly accused Biden of putting his feelings for his son above the national interest and handing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> an excuse to abuse the presidential clemency powers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/chuck-schumer\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Chuck Schumer<\/a>, the Democrats\u2019 leader in the Senate and normally a loyal ally of the president, damned him with uncharacteristic reticence this week, telling reporters \u201cI\u2019ve got nothing for you on that\u201d when asked his view.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But party insiders say the outrage is a lightning rod for lingering resentment over Biden\u2019s refusal to drop his bid for a second term until it was too late for Harris or other presidential contenders to be stress-tested in primaries and launch a well-prepared presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe pardon is simply a resentment delivery vehicle, like dressing on lettuce,\u201d Philippe Reines, a veteran strategist who helped prepare Harris for September\u2019s debate against Trump \u2013 which she was widely viewed to have won \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/04\/us\/politics\/biden-pardon-democrats.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">told the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">David Axelrod, a former adviser to Barack Obama, said the pardon gave \u201ca free throw for people who think they can gain political advantage\u201d from separating themselves from an unpopular, outgoing president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cBut,\u201d he added, \u201cthere\u2019s also genuine concern and anger about the way the last year went down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/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.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/05\/biden-library-hunter-pardon-democrats-threat\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Democrats are reportedly considering withholding contributions to Joe Biden\u2019s future presidential library amid a mounting backlash over his decision grant a blanket pardon to his son Hunter. 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