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   On Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:05:01 -0500, Ubiquitous    
   wrote:   
      
   >Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) ended up eating his own words during an   
   >interview on CNN on Monday after the network played video of the New York   
   >Democrat insisting President Joe Biden would not pardon his son Hunter Biden.   
   >   
   >Host Brianna Keilar noted that Goldman made his poorly aged remarks in 2023   
   >on ABC's "This Week," after Biden's plea deal with the federal government did   
   >not go through.   
   >   
   >'I said many times that if Hunter Biden were not Hunter Biden, he would never   
   >be charged with these crimes.'   
   >   
   >"You went out on a limb backing up Biden when he said that there would not be   
   >a pardon," Keilar said.   
   >   
   >Goldman was asked by ABC's Jon Karl last year if the elder Biden pardoning   
   >his son would be a mistake.   
   >   
   >“Yes. And I don’t think there’s any chance that President Biden is going to   
   >do that, unlike his predecessor, who pardoned all of his friends and anyone   
   >who had any access to him. And I think you see that in this case, where he   
   >kept on — and Merrick Garland kept on — a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney to   
   >investigate the president’s son. If there is not an indication of the   
   >independence of the Department of Justice beyond that, I don’t know what we   
   >could look for," Goldman said at the time.   
   >   
   >"I mean, what does that feel like, watching yourself back then, reassuring   
   >people that Biden was not going to issue a pardon for his son?" Keilar asked   
   >after the clip ended.   
   >   
   >Goldman deflected by talking about the plea deal, claiming it would have been   
   >a "satisfactory outcome" with no pardon, but Keilar jumped in to say that was   
   >a moot point because the deal with the federal government had already ended.   
   >   
   >"Well, as I said, I’m disappointed that after the plea fell through and it   
   >became clear about why it did — including Republican congressional   
   >intervention in this case, which made this case very unique and very   
   >different from any other case — I think that we all, perhaps I should have as   
   >well, recognized that this is not the normal prosecution. I said many times   
   >that if Hunter Biden were not Hunter Biden, he would never be charged with   
   >these crimes," Goldman replied.   
   >   
   >Goldman went on to say Biden was forced to pardon his son because President-   
   >elect Donald Trump is planning on holding those in the Department of Justice   
   >accountable for their misdeeds.   
   >   
   >Outgoing New York Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman likewise said on CNN that Biden   
   >did not lie to the American people when he said for years he would not pardon   
   >his son because "the context has changed" now that Trump will be in the White   
   >House next year.   
      
   That has to be the weakest spin I've ever heard.   
      
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