US President Joe Biden’s latest move has revived Donald Trump’s allegations of the US Justice Department being manipulated by political powers. In a stunning reversal, Mr Biden today granted a presidential pardon to his convicted son Hunter Biden, who was just days away from a decades-long prison sentence.
This move by Joe Biden has raised questions about the US Justice Department and its allegations in the Adani case, as many geopolitical experts have pointed out on several occasions.
Hunter Biden case
Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son, was not just accused, but found and convicted of gun crimes and tax evasion of more than $1.4 million in the US. He was facing separate prison sentences of up to 17 years for the gun crime case and up to 25 years for the tax evasion case.
He has also been accused of using his father’s political clout and influence to obtain exclusive rights to drill for oil in Ukraine as well as make some dubious deals with China – for which there is now no case against him. Can be run. The father’s presidential pardon gives him immunity for anything he did between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024.
Separate hearings were scheduled to begin on December 12, 2024, when the court sentenced Hunter Biden to serve time in prison. But his father, the President of the United States, went back on his word of “non-interference” in the case by extending the term of presidential pardon.
On six occasions last year, Joe Biden had assured American citizens of the “impartial” functioning of the US Justice Department, but his move today is being seen as a clear U-turn from his earlier pledge.
President-elect Donald Trump has criticized Joe Biden’s move to use the presidential office to benefit the family, calling it a “miscarriage of justice.”
Hunter Biden is now a free man with a “full and unconditional” apology for any actions between 2014 and 2024. He also cannot face action in the future over his actions over the last 10 years – the time when his father was Vice President and then President of the United States.
US Justice Department made a weapon for foreign policy?
The US Justice Department faces criticism that it is being weaponized against political opponents in the US and is also being misused to pursue foreign policy to benefit those in power. Geopolitical experts and former diplomats have highlighted how Hunter Biden used his father’s political influence to gain leverage in Ukraine and China and how US foreign policy has allegedly been tailored by the Biden administration to suit such personal gains. Was molded.
President Joe Biden grants ‘unconditional’ pardon to son Hunter Biden over federal conviction; Experts have questioned the credibility of the outgoing administration, pointing to the DOJ’s retaliatory action against Adani.
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This move of Joe Biden has also raised serious questions on the action of the US Justice Department against Adani Group. There is a widespread feeling among diplomats that the indictment of Adani by the US Justice Department is also politically motivated by the outgoing Biden administration.
While the US President’s son Hunter Biden was found guilty and convicted of his charges, there is no evidence against Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani and senior executive Vineet Jain, who have been charged by the DOJ and SEC. There is suspicion of acting on orders. Of the Biden administration.
The DOJ and SEC filed an indictment and a civil complaint in the New York District Court against Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani and Vineet Jain, key executives of Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL). Adani Group had rejected the allegations as completely “baseless” and said it would take legal recourse to defend itself.
Finding itself on the backfoot due to the lack of any evidence, the US Justice Department said in a recent public statement in the Adani case, “Defendants are always innocent until proven guilty.”
Joe Biden’s move today has sparked a heated debate in the corridors of power in the United States over whether the Justice Department is truly “controlled” by political powers.
What did the new FBI director ‘Kash’ Patel say?
Kashyap Patel, a lawyer, investigator and harsh critic of the US deep state, has spoken openly about “biased” and “motivated” practices and has also called for sweeping changes in US law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
“Everyone at the Justice Department is looking for their next promotion,” said Mr. Patel, who has been nominated by Donald Trump to be the next FBI director.
Many believe that these “baseless” allegations and the “motivated and partisan” foreign policy of the Biden administration will be corrected by the incoming Trump administration. Donald Trump has already announced radical changes in US foreign policy, including the functioning of NATO. His administration’s DOGE, a department headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, is looking to clean up the bureaucracy, while ‘Kash’ Patel is looking to “clean up” investigative agencies to rid them of working for the “political powerful”. want.
