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   NoBody@nowhere.com wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   At ;east he didn't claim it's OK because Woodrow Wilson pardoned his   
   brother-in-law, Seymore deButts.   
      
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