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Sridhar Ramesh Follow @RadishHarmers A lot of people are alleging nepotism, but actually, President Biden was unaware of their relationship when he agreed to the pardon. Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1 15h Breaking on @MSNBC. NBC News Exclusive: President Biden is expected to pardon Hunter Biden. Show more 7:36 PM Dec 1, 2024 99.6K Views
Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno Unless you're Israel or Joe Biden's son Joe Biden @Joe Biden May 31 No one is above the law. : ... Readers added context On December 1, 2024, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for crimes covering nearly 11 years of "offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024." whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/... Do you find this helpful? Rate it 6:16 AM Dec 2, 2024 276.9K Views •
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Overview

Hunter Biden's Pardon refers to U.S. President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter Biden in December 2024 for his conviction on federal gun charges and different federal tax evasion charges. The event sparked major discourse and backlash against the President on social media. Many believed that President Biden was a hypocrite. Others defended President Biden's decision. The pardon occurred a month before the end of President Biden's term, after which Donald Trump would be inaugurated. Much of the memes and discourse about Hunter Biden's Pardon circled back to his drug use, exposed in the NY Post's Leak of Hunter Biden's Hard Drive.

Background

In September 2023, Hunter Biden was indicted in Delaware on three federal firearm charges. He was accused of making false statements about drug use on a firearm application form and accused of illegally possessing a firearm for 11 days in October 2018.[1]

On June 11th, 2024, Hunter Biden was found guilty on three felony charges for federal gun violations, making him the first child of a sitting U.S. president to be convicted in a criminal trial.[2]

In September 2024, Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax offenses. According to the indictment, Biden had not paid at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019, among other offenses. He was set to be sentenced on December 16, 2024.[3]

On December 1st, 2024, NBC News[4] reported that President Joe Biden had pardoned his son Hunter Biden on all counts.

In a statement shared on the White House website,[12] President Biden said, "I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice — and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision."

Online Reaction

Memes about Hunter Biden's Pardon quickly populated social media sites like Twitter / X on December 1st, 2024. For instance, on the day, X[5] user @stevensongs tweeted a Photoshop of Biden as Heath Ledger's Joker smoking a cigarette out of a cop car window, captioned, "Hunter Biden tonight." The tweet received over 8,500 likes in a day (shown below).

G @stevensongs Hunter Biden tonight. @stevensongs 9:30 PM Dec 1, 2024 205.7K Views • ...

Also on December 1st, X[6] user @sixinchbeys tweeted, "They let Trump do whatever he wants might as well free the crackhead," gaining over 43,000 likes in a day (shown below).

The tweet concerned Donald Trump's controversial pardons in the last months of his first term. Among the list of his pardons included Steve Bannon, Paul Manafort, Roger J. Stone Jr. and Charles Kushner.[7]

Follow ... @sixinchbeys they let trump do whatever he wants might as well free the crackhead Pop Base @PopBase 14h President Biden announces he has pardoned his son Hunter Biden: "I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this... Show more Statement from President Joe Biden ay, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I woul rfere with the Justice Department's decision-making, and I kept my word even as e watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted. Without aggravating ors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchas ple are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled o form. Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but p n back subsequently with interest and penalties, are typically given non-criminal lutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently. charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in gress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then, a carefully nego deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room-with iber of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pres he process. Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolutio iter's cases. reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter's cases can reach any other clusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son - and that is wron re has been an effort to break Hunter - who has been five and a half years sober, e face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution. In trying to break Hunter 've tried to break me - and there's no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough i ugh. my entire career I have followed a simple principle: just tell the American people h. They'll be fair-minded. Here's the truth: I believe in the justice system, but as I stled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a carriage of justice and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sen ying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President w e to this decision. 7:44 PM Dec 1, 2024 892.6K Views

Other people criticized the outrage levied against President Biden by referencing Trump's pardons, such as X[8] user @KyleKulinski on December 1st, 2024, who said, "Lowest IQ take of all time is Biden pardoning Hunter opens the door for Trump to do bad pardons …" The tweet received over 12,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Secular Talk @Kylekulinski Follow Lowest IQ take of all time is Biden pardoning Hunter opens the door for Trump to do bad pardons. TRUMP ALREADY PARDONED 5 CORRUPT GOONS FROM HIS ADMINISTRATION LAST TIME AND HE 100% IS GOING TO DO MORE THIS TIME NO MATTER WHAT BIDEN DOES. What are you 12? 11:41 PM Dec 1, 2024 221.6K Views

On December 1st, X[9] user @C_3C_3 wrote, "President Trump was impeached over wanting to look into the crimes Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter for," gaining over 44,000 likes in a day (shown below). However, the X user's claim was misleading as Trump was impeached in 2019 for pressuring Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Joe Biden and Hunter Biden for matters unrelated to the gun and tax charges.

: ... C3 @C 3C 3 Wrap your head around this. President Trump was impeached over wanting to look into the crimes Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter for. 8:56 PM Dec 1, 2024 626K Views

On December 2nd, 2024, a Community Note [10] was rated helpful on a tweet[11] shared by President Biden on May 31st, 2024, reading, "No one is above the law." The tweet concerned Donald Trump's Conviction. The new Community Note read, "On December 1, 2024, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden…" (shown below).

Joe Biden @JoeBiden No one is above the law. Readers added context they thought people might want to know On December 1, 2024, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for crimes covering nearly 11 years of "offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024." whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/... Do you find this helpful? Rate it Context is written by people who use X, and appears when rated helpful by others. Find out more. 6:10 PM May 31, 2024 63.3M Views ...

News of Hunter Biden's Pardon also went viral on Reddit's /r/news.[13] Memes about the event began surfacing on Reddit as well. For instance, on December 1st, Redditor[14] PlanetoftheAtheists shared a Forrest Gump meme to /r/AdviceAnimals, gaining over 22,000 upvotes in a day (shown below).

r/AdviceAnimals •15 hr. ago PlanetoftheAtheists Biden pardons Hunter, I feel the MAGA puckering from here... AND JUST LIKE THAT REPUBLICANS ARE AGAINST PARDONS imgflip.com :

Viral videos about the pardon also surfaced on TikTok. For instance, on December 1st, 2024, TikToker[15] @harryjsisson posted a video in which he called Republicans hypocritical for criticizing President Biden's decision, gaining over 410,500 plays and 61,800 likes in a day (shown below).

@harryjsisson

Got it! 12/01

♬ original sound – Harry

Various Examples

ettingermentum ❤ @ettingermentum Biden saw this IT'S OKAY HUNTER HAD A SHAM TRIAL TOO 7:33 PM Dec 1, 2024 916.7K Views • ...
Mike Abrusci @mikeabrusci • 14h My work here is done Mike Abrusci @mikeabrusci Jun 11 I will be standing in the middle of the street until they free Hunter Biden KNIFE FIGHT
donald boat @laserboat999 Hunter Biden going 120 down the freeway blasting 'Jesus Etc.' in his lincoln navigator right now while a 19 year old he picked up on tumblr sits in the passenger seat spoonfeeding him mythic-grade neo-Shanghai Dragon Percocet 1,000,000 dissolved inside oreo mcflurry • 11:03 PM Dec 1, 2024 106K Views
vo Follow @vanillaopinions straightforward from here > trump immediately becomes unpopular > the democratic party needs a unifying figure with a famous last name > someone with deep experience in the criminal justice system > w universal name recognition > hunter biden 2028 7:57 PM Dec 1, 2024 221.4K Views
Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen Follow ... You were literally pardoned by Trump. Dinesh D'Souza @Dinesh DSouza • 15h . "No one is above the law-except my son Hunter!" • 11:21 PM Dec 1, 2024 1.9M Views •
Right Wing Cope ✪ @RightWingCope how the biden v. trump pardon discourse feels rn Put on a shirt n---- 9:56 AM Dec 2, 2024 9,540 Views Empowering ...

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External References

[1] CNN – Hunter Biden indicted on gun charges

[2] YouTube – MSNBC

[3] Justice Department – Robert Hunter Biden Convicted on Three Felony Tax Offenses and Six Misdemeanor Tax Offenses

[4] NBC News – President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden

[5] X – @stevensongs

[6] X – @sixinchbeys

[7] New York Times – Here Are Some of the People Trump Pardoned

[8] X – @KyleKulinski

[9] X – @C_3C_3

[10] X – Community Note

[11] X – @JoeBiden

[12] White House – Statement from President Joe Biden

[13] Reddit – /r/news

[14] Reddit – /r/AdviceAnimals

[15] TikTok – @harryjsisson

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Overview

Hunter Biden's Pardon refers to U.S. President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter Biden in December 2024 for his conviction on federal gun charges and different federal tax evasion charges. The event sparked major discourse and backlash against the President on social media. Many believed that President Biden was a hypocrite. Others defended President Biden's decision. The pardon occurred a month before the end of President Biden's term, after which Donald Trump would be inaugurated. Much of the memes and discourse about Hunter Biden's Pardon circled back to his drug use, exposed in the NY Post's Leak of Hunter Biden's Hard Drive.

Background

In September 2023, Hunter Biden was indicted in Delaware on three federal firearm charges. He was accused of making false statements about drug use on a firearm application form and accused of illegally possessing a firearm for 11 days in October 2018.[1]

On June 11th, 2024, Hunter Biden was found guilty on three felony charges for federal gun violations, making him the first child of a sitting U.S. president to be convicted in a criminal trial.[2]

In September 2024, Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax offenses. According to the indictment, Biden had not paid at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019, among other offenses. He was set to be sentenced on December 16, 2024.[3]



On December 1st, 2024, NBC News[4] reported that President Joe Biden had pardoned his son Hunter Biden on all counts.

In a statement shared on the White House website,[12] President Biden said, "I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice — and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision."



Online Reaction

Memes about Hunter Biden's Pardon quickly populated social media sites like Twitter / X on December 1st, 2024. For instance, on the day, X[5] user @stevensongs tweeted a Photoshop of Biden as Heath Ledger's Joker smoking a cigarette out of a cop car window, captioned, "Hunter Biden tonight." The tweet received over 8,500 likes in a day (shown below).


G @stevensongs Hunter Biden tonight. @stevensongs 9:30 PM Dec 1, 2024 205.7K Views • ...

Also on December 1st, X[6] user @sixinchbeys tweeted, "They let Trump do whatever he wants might as well free the crackhead," gaining over 43,000 likes in a day (shown below).

The tweet concerned Donald Trump's controversial pardons in the last months of his first term. Among the list of his pardons included Steve Bannon, Paul Manafort, Roger J. Stone Jr. and Charles Kushner.[7]


Follow ... @sixinchbeys they let trump do whatever he wants might as well free the crackhead Pop Base @PopBase 14h President Biden announces he has pardoned his son Hunter Biden: "I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this... Show more Statement from President Joe Biden ay, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I woul rfere with the Justice Department's decision-making, and I kept my word even as e watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted. Without aggravating ors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchas ple are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled o form. Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but p n back subsequently with interest and penalties, are typically given non-criminal lutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently. charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in gress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then, a carefully nego deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room-with iber of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pres he process. Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolutio iter's cases. reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter's cases can reach any other clusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son - and that is wron re has been an effort to break Hunter - who has been five and a half years sober, e face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution. In trying to break Hunter 've tried to break me - and there's no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough i ugh. my entire career I have followed a simple principle: just tell the American people h. They'll be fair-minded. Here's the truth: I believe in the justice system, but as I stled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a carriage of justice and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sen ying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President w e to this decision. 7:44 PM Dec 1, 2024 892.6K Views

Other people criticized the outrage levied against President Biden by referencing Trump's pardons, such as X[8] user @KyleKulinski on December 1st, 2024, who said, "Lowest IQ take of all time is Biden pardoning Hunter opens the door for Trump to do bad pardons …" The tweet received over 12,000 likes in a day (shown below).


Secular Talk @Kylekulinski Follow Lowest IQ take of all time is Biden pardoning Hunter opens the door for Trump to do bad pardons. TRUMP ALREADY PARDONED 5 CORRUPT GOONS FROM HIS ADMINISTRATION LAST TIME AND HE 100% IS GOING TO DO MORE THIS TIME NO MATTER WHAT BIDEN DOES. What are you 12? 11:41 PM Dec 1, 2024 221.6K Views

On December 1st, X[9] user @C_3C_3 wrote, "President Trump was impeached over wanting to look into the crimes Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter for," gaining over 44,000 likes in a day (shown below). However, the X user's claim was misleading as Trump was impeached in 2019 for pressuring Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Joe Biden and Hunter Biden for matters unrelated to the gun and tax charges.


: ... C3 @C 3C 3 Wrap your head around this. President Trump was impeached over wanting to look into the crimes Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter for. 8:56 PM Dec 1, 2024 626K Views

On December 2nd, 2024, a Community Note [10] was rated helpful on a tweet[11] shared by President Biden on May 31st, 2024, reading, "No one is above the law." The tweet concerned Donald Trump's Conviction. The new Community Note read, "On December 1, 2024, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden…" (shown below).


Joe Biden @JoeBiden No one is above the law. Readers added context they thought people might want to know On December 1, 2024, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for crimes covering nearly 11 years of "offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024." whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/... Do you find this helpful? Rate it Context is written by people who use X, and appears when rated helpful by others. Find out more. 6:10 PM May 31, 2024 63.3M Views ...

News of Hunter Biden's Pardon also went viral on Reddit's /r/news.[13] Memes about the event began surfacing on Reddit as well. For instance, on December 1st, Redditor[14] PlanetoftheAtheists shared a Forrest Gump meme to /r/AdviceAnimals, gaining over 22,000 upvotes in a day (shown below).


r/AdviceAnimals •15 hr. ago PlanetoftheAtheists Biden pardons Hunter, I feel the MAGA puckering from here... AND JUST LIKE THAT REPUBLICANS ARE AGAINST PARDONS imgflip.com :

Viral videos about the pardon also surfaced on TikTok. For instance, on December 1st, 2024, TikToker[15] @harryjsisson posted a video in which he called Republicans hypocritical for criticizing President Biden's decision, gaining over 410,500 plays and 61,800 likes in a day (shown below).

@harryjsisson

Got it! 12/01

♬ original sound – Harry

Various Examples


ettingermentum ❤ @ettingermentum Biden saw this IT'S OKAY HUNTER HAD A SHAM TRIAL TOO 7:33 PM Dec 1, 2024 916.7K Views • ... Mike Abrusci @mikeabrusci • 14h My work here is done Mike Abrusci @mikeabrusci Jun 11 I will be standing in the middle of the street until they free Hunter Biden KNIFE FIGHT donald boat @laserboat999 Hunter Biden going 120 down the freeway blasting 'Jesus Etc.' in his lincoln navigator right now while a 19 year old he picked up on tumblr sits in the passenger seat spoonfeeding him mythic-grade neo-Shanghai Dragon Percocet 1,000,000 dissolved inside oreo mcflurry • 11:03 PM Dec 1, 2024 106K Views vo Follow @vanillaopinions straightforward from here > trump immediately becomes unpopular > the democratic party needs a unifying figure with a famous last name > someone with deep experience in the criminal justice system > w universal name recognition > hunter biden 2028 7:57 PM Dec 1, 2024 221.4K Views Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen Follow ... You were literally pardoned by Trump. Dinesh D'Souza @Dinesh DSouza • 15h . "No one is above the law-except my son Hunter!" • 11:21 PM Dec 1, 2024 1.9M Views • Right Wing Cope ✪ @RightWingCope how the biden v. trump pardon discourse feels rn Put on a shirt n---- 9:56 AM Dec 2, 2024 9,540 Views Empowering ...

Search Interest

External References

[1] CNN – Hunter Biden indicted on gun charges

[2] YouTube – MSNBC

[3] Justice Department – Robert Hunter Biden Convicted on Three Felony Tax Offenses and Six Misdemeanor Tax Offenses

[4] NBC News – President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden

[5] X – @stevensongs

[6] X – @sixinchbeys

[7] New York Times – Here Are Some of the People Trump Pardoned

[8] X – @KyleKulinski

[9] X – @C_3C_3

[10] X – Community Note

[11] X – @JoeBiden

[12] White House – Statement from President Joe Biden

[13] Reddit – /r/news

[14] Reddit – /r/AdviceAnimals

[15] TikTok – @harryjsisson

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