What’s to pardon?
And why is anyone shocked that the plea bargain fell apart? This was by design. IF (big IF) a case does proceed against Hunter, it will be fixed so that he gets off.
Of course, he’ll pardon his shitbag son. DC is a casino, it makes its own rules.
One thing I heard yesterday that nobody's talking about is that Hunter Biden essentially confessed under oath during the allocution portion of the hearing.
Part of the process of hearing the plea deal is that the witness has to prove that he knows the charges against him, he knows the things that the plea deal is offering to him, that he describes the crimes that he committed in enough detail to demonstrate that the prosecution had more than reasonable likelihood of proving their case in court, and that he is not being coerced to take the plea deal.
Hunter Biden, as a part of his allocution under oath, described the business deal he was setting up with a Chinese businessman. If was after this point that the plea deal fell apart when the defense and prosecution disagreed on the terms of the deal. This left Biden stuck with having already described his crime under oath and then pleading not guilty.
I don't know how he will be able to have his confession tossed out as it happened under oath in open court in front of the judge, the prosecution, and his legal team.
-PJ