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Biden’s pardon decision just shattered his legacy

The president broke a promise not to get involved in his son’s legal problems after pledging to restore trust in the judicial system.

Colleen Long and Zeke Miller
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Washington | Joe Biden’s decision to go back on his word and issue a categorical pardon for his son, Hunter, just weeks before his scheduled sentencing on gun and tax convictions was a surprise that wasn’t all that surprising.

Not to those who had witnessed the president’s shared anguish over his two sons after the boys survived a car crash that killed Biden’s first wife and a daughter more than a half-century ago.

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