December 3, 2024
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Hunter Biden's sweeping pardon covers a decade of potential criminal charges . . . President Biden became the latest to expand the limits of presidential powers with his breathtakingly broad pardon of his son Hunter, covering all federal crimes he may have committed over a decade. Legal analysts said they couldn't fathom an analogy for Mr. Biden's action, which covered an unprecedented period, had no limits on the types of crimes pardoned, and included a prospective pardon for any actions Hunter Biden may have taken Sunday night after the pardon was issued. Washington Times
Some in the MSM are trying to blame Trump! "The threat of a retribution-focused Trump administration and his son's looming sentencings prompted the president to abandon a promise not to get involved in Hunter Biden's legal problems," writes the New York Times.
Jonathan Turley Says Language Of Hunter Biden Pardon Is 'Unprecedented' . . . "The language of this pardon is virtually unprecedented," Turley said. "I mean, [former President Richard] Nixon was very, very broad. But we've never seen anything like this. [Biden is] literally pardoning his son for any crime that he may have committed during these years. Everything from money laundering to murder. Now he could be charged with state offenses, but the statutes of limitations have largely run on those offenses. Daily Caller
Hunter Biden's pardon gives Trump the green light on freeing some Jan. 6 defendants . . . "No one in the media better complain when J6ers get their pardons now," said Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. So far, Team Trump has said they would be decided on a case-by-case basis. President Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter appears to have given President-elect Donald Trump a pretext to follow through on his own pledges to pardon myriad Jan. 6 defendants and to pursue a rigorous overhaul of the Department of Justice. Just the News
Politics
Trump Warns Hamas To Return All Hostages by Inauguration Day . . . In a Monday afternoon Truth Social post, Trump said that "everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire World," but "it's all talk, and no action!" He went on to warn Hamas that there will be "ALL HELL TO PAY" if the remaining Israeli and American hostages, taken by the terror group on October 7, are not returned by the time he returns to the White House. Washington Free Beacon
GOP senators signal they're open to Patel leading FBI . . . Few GOP senators are raising early opposition to President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel. Even Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) — who was outspoken against Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) potentially becoming attorney general — didn't immediately dismiss Patel on Monday, saying she'd need time to review his profile. Politico
Trump to attend reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this weekend
Gavin Newsom demands $25 million war chest to 'Trump-proof' California . . . Gavin Newsom announced he is seeking up to $25 million in additional funding for legal fights with Donald Trump, despite the state's massive budget shortfall. The announcement came on the first day of a special session of the California legislature dedicated to preparing the liberal state for the second term of conservative Trump. Daily Mail
Congressional probe determines COVID-19 'most likely' leaked from Chinese lab . . . The coronavirus that has killed millions of people worldwide "most likely" leaked from a Chinese lab where researchers were intentionally manipulating the virus, a two-year congressional investigation concluded in a report released Monday. The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic faulted U.S. health officials, particularly Dr. Anthony Fauci, for discrediting the lab leak explanation and instead pushing the theory that the virus originated in nature. Washington Timesd
National Security
Biden surges arms to Ukraine, stirring fears we're giving away the store . . . The Biden administration is engaged in an 11th-hour scramble to provide Ukraine with billions of dollars in additional weaponry, a massive effort that is generating concerns internally about its potential to erode U.S. stockpiles and sap resources from other flash points, officials said. The lame-duck initiative was spurred in part by Russia's battlefield momentum and a fear among Ukraine's fiercest advocates that once President-elect Donald Trump takes office Jan. 20, there will be an abrupt shift in U.S. policy toward the war. Washington Post
International
Zelensky Signals He's Open to Negotiating a Peace Deal . . . Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is subtly shifting his rhetoric about ending the war with Russia, suggesting that Ukraine is open to stopping the fight to regain Russian-occupied territory in exchange for membership in NATO. For most of the war, Zelensky had insisted that his country would keep fighting until it had reclaimed the roughly 20% of the country now under Moscow's control. Wall Street Journal
Ukraine's exhausted troops in Russia told to cling on and wait for Trump negotiations
Vietnamese tycoon loses death row appeal over world's biggest bank fraud . . . Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against her death sentence for masterminding the world's biggest bank fraud. The 68-year-old is now in a race for her life because the law in Vietnam states that if she can pay back 75% of what she took, her sentence will be commuted to life imprisonment. In April the trial court found that Truong My Lan had secretly controlled Saigon Commercial Bank, the country's fifth biggest lender, and taken out loans and cash over more than 10 years through a web of shell companies, amounting to a total of $44bn. BBC
She used her bank as an ATM . . .
Money
Judge rejects Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package, despite shareholder vote . . . A Delaware judge rejected a bid to restore Elon Musk's record-setting $56 billion pay package, despite Tesla shareholders overwhelmingly voting to award Musk the stock grant earlier this year. Delaware Court of Chancery Judge Kathaleen McCormick originally struck down the controversial compensation deal — the highest CEO pay package in history — in January, ruling in a case brought by a group of Tesla shareholders that the company's board was too heavily influenced by Musk when it adopted the package in 2018. Washington Post
You can now get insurance against porch pirates . . . Thieves who grab packages off the front porch have become so common that shoppers can now spend hundreds of dollars to protect themselves. Online shopping has become the main way millions of people buy everything from gifts to groceries. But there is a pitfall at the front door. Nearly half of shoppers can expect to have at least one delivery fall victim to porch pirates during the holiday season, according to the personal-finance site ValuePenguin. Wall Street Journal
Guilty Pleasures
Canada can become 51st state if it can't handle tariffs, Trump tells Trudeau . . . President-elect Trump suggested to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week that if a tariff for failing to address trade and immigration issues would kill the neighbor to the north's economy, maybe it should become the 51st state, sources told Fox News. Last Friday, Trudeau flew to Mar-a-Lago unannounced after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products. Fox News
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