Alina Habba, senior adviser and attorney for President-elect Donald Trump, told Newsmax on Tuesday that President Joe Biden’s unprecedented pardon of son Hunter Biden was structured in a way that will result in more pardons to members of Biden’s family, including the president himself.
The president on Sunday pardoned his son of a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions, reversing his vow not to use the president’s constitutional power to benefit his family members. The pardon includes a period from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 1 of this year, covering the time Hunter Biden was appointed to the board of Ukrainian energy giant Burisma Holdings Ltd., the focus of House investigations into allegations of influence peddling by the president, his son, and members of their family.
“Here’s the critical part, Carl,” Habba told “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE.” “They didn’t just pardon him; they pardoned him for 11 years of activity. That, in effect, hides the ability for them to look at what Joe did during that time. And we know that there’s evidence there. We know we’ve seen checks. We know we’ve seen references to the ‘big man.’
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