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Cynics may laugh at the way Joe Biden has made fools of Never-Trumpers who operated for years under the premise that Mr. Biden possessed superior character. But denied justice for the Biden family is not funny. The president has just provided an appalling example for other politicos tempted to serve themselves at the nation’s expense. The Journal’s Ryan Barber, Annie Linskey and Ken Thomas report: President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden on Sunday, wiping away his criminal convictions on tax and gun charges despite saying earlier this year he wouldn’t grant such a reprieve… In a statement, the president said it was clear that his son had been “treated differently” by the Justice Department and “singled out only because he is my son—and that is wrong.” But IRS whistleblowers say the Justice Department did the opposite, repeatedly impeding the investigation. An FBI supervisory special agent described to House Oversight Committee staff how federal officials prevented the agent and IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley from interviewing Hunter Biden. Also, if Joe Biden thought the prosecutions of his son were unjust, why has he been saying the opposite until now? Even at the New York Times, Peter Baker notes of the gun case:
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