Joe Biden’s Presidency is finally over.
The former President didn’t leave without doing some damage on his way out the door, however.
And Joe Biden tried to accuse Donald Trump of this corrupt act back in 2020.
Flashback to 2020
One of Joe Biden’s final acts as President was one of sheer nepotism, in which he pardoned his son Hunter not just of federal tax and gun charges, but also issued him a decade-long blanket pardon.
Looking back at 2020, Biden tried to accuse then-outgoing President Trump of doing exactly what Biden himself ended up doing.
During a December 2020 interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Biden warned that he thought Trump would issue preemptive pardons to his adult children, his attorney Rudy Giuliani, and possibly even one for himself.
“It concerns me in terms of what kind of precedent it sets and how the rest of the world looks (at) us as a nation of laws and justice,” Biden said.
Of course, this is exactly what Joe Biden himself did on his way out the door.
Joe Biden issued pardons for not only his own son but also for his brother James Biden, 75.
Biden made the claim that his family was “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics,” as his excuse for issuing the pardons.
Before he pardoned Hunter, Biden had repeatedly insisted that he wouldn’t do so.
Pennsylvania Congressman Dan Meuser blasts Biden family pardons
Representative Dan Meuser (R-PA) blasted Biden over the pardons.
“He stated he wasn’t going to do this. He stated he wasn’t going to pardon Hunter. He stated he had nothing to do with his son’s business. We know those were all lies,” he said.
Meuser noted that the term “crime family” seems to fit well given the Bidens’ alleged actions.
“You know, I get criticized sometimes for referencing them as the Biden crime family. How could it not be?” he said. “And they’re a good crime family, right? They keep their mouths shut.”
It wasn’t just family members that Biden issued pardons for.
He also pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired General Mark Milley, and members of the House January 6 committee.
This was the first time a President issued pardons for people who were neither charged with or suspected of committing a crime.
Meuser said that accepting the pardons was basically an admission of guilt.
“I certainly wouldn’t. I can’t imagine anybody … with an ounce of honor in their character makeup would accept it. I mean, why would you accept something if you don’t think you did anything wrong?” he said.
Some of those who received pardons didn’t even want them.
Democrat Senator Adam Schiff, who served on the January 6th committee, said, “Preemptive blanket pardons on the way out of an administration is a precedent we don’t want to set.”
On his way out, Biden set a record for granting the most pardons and commutations of any U.S. President.
Biden wasn’t the first President to pardon family members.
Former President Bill Clinton pardoned his brother Roger, who had faced drug charges.
Biden’s last-minute pardons are likely to be a stain on the former President’s legacy.