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Schweizer: Truth Behind Biden’s Family Pardons | 1.26.25

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Analysis of Preemptive Pardons in the Biden Family

This chapter explores President Biden's recent preemptive pardons for family members involved with foreign-linked LLCs. It highlights the implications of these pardons in terms of legal protection against scrutiny and ongoing congressional investigations.

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Speaker 2
Yeah, I'd assume so. Now, we've covered the Hunter pardon at length here. In fact, we had you on to talk about it at one point. We now have five more members of the Biden family. And again, like you said, these are preemptive pardons, so different in kind. First, who exactly did he grant this blanket immunity to? These
Speaker 1
are essentially his siblings and their spouses and his son and his daughter. And what's significant is all six of these people are individuals that are connected to LLCs, these limited liability companies that the family had multiple listings of. And these are entities that all received money from these foreign entities. It's also important to point out, John, that each one of these pardons, whether it's Hunter or the other five family members, the pardon specifically mentions any crimes that occurred beginning after January 1st of 2014. That's significant because all of the foreign deals, those involving China, Ukraine, and Russia, all started happening in early 2014. So they clearly seem to be dated and designed to cover the transfers of those foreign funds. Yeah,
Speaker 2
pretty revealing. Had these particular members, had their names come up in investigations or claims by members of Congress?
Speaker 1
Yes, in fact, they had. James Comer mentioned all of them. I think Comer actually has a new book out, which is quite good, by the way, where he mentions all of them. And I think there is a connection there. I think the fact that these are in the sights of congressional investigators is probably one of the things that prompted Joe Biden to issue this action. Let's also keep in mind that this also, in a way, provides some protection of Joe Biden as well, because if you do believe this was an influence peddling scheme, Joe Biden was certainly involved. And by pardoning his spouses and his children, it provides a guardrail of protection for him as well. So this is self-serving, not just something beneficial to his family.

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