Hunter Biden has been pardoned for everything that he did or might have done over the past 11 years, including any payments to the Big Guy, not paying more than $1 million (pre-Biden dollars) in income tax to the IRS so that gender studies degree loans can be “forgiven”, exercising his Second Amendment right to own firearms, etc. This has some people excited because Joe Biden explicitly said that he would not pardon Hunter. The apparent broken promise shouldn’t be difficult for a cooperative media to spin: Donald Trump is setting up a dictatorship and the resistance needs Hunter on the outside, fully armed, to lead a battalion of Warriors for Democracy (who are also collectors of original contemporary art).
Let’s suppose however that Trump, in command of a $1 trillion/year military, is too formidable a target for the #resistance to take on. What then will the Burisma board member-turned-painter do for work?
Perhaps painting is the long-term career, but “Why would anyone pay $500,000 for a painting by Hunter Biden?” (Guardian, 2021) is an even more difficult question to ask now that Hunter’s dad is no longer in a position to do favors for potential buyers. Let’s assume that the market for original Biden oil paintings has been saturated.
Legal? Hunter Biden, age 54, has a law degree, but Wikipedia doesn’t describe any experience actually working as a lawyer. Hunter lives in Malibu, California (Daily Mail), but there is no evidence that he has ever taken or passed the California bar exam. He can’t start handling family court or eviction cases, therefore. (There is no limit to the work available in California in child support litigation (the state offers unlimited profits to the successful plaintiff) or representing landlords. See below, for example.)
Lobbyist? Hunter Biden was never an elected politician or high-level government worker.
At least as recently as 2023, Hunter Biden enjoyed transportation via private jet (New York Post). Let’s say that requires at least a $2 million/year annual income. What’s the path via which Hunter Biden can make that happen?
How about motivational speaker? Americans love a recovery story and Hunter’s can be inspiring. Maybe he can talk about how his 16-year-younger immigrant wife saved him from various addictions and there will be two much-loved themes to hit (drug-/alcohol-dependency and the benefits of open borders). Hunter could get paid $10,000 per hour to speak to groups of Democrats.
Separate question: Does Navy Joan Roberts get to see her grandfather President Joe Biden now? (state-sponsored NPR) What does Joe Biden have to lose by spending some time with the stripper-turned-plaintiff’s daughter? He’s not going to be running for another political office.
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What is Hunter Biden going to do now? Crack.
What then will the Burisma board member-turned-painter do for work? Board member on a foundation related to Joe Biden.
What’s the path via which Hunter Biden can make that happen? He will borrow private jets like he always done.
Does Navy Joan Roberts get to see her grandfather President Joe Biden now? No.
What does Joe Biden have to lose by spending some time with the stripper-turned-plaintiff’s daughter? Nothing.
Since the pardon for Hunter Biden, was for any crimes that he could have committed over the past decade and he accepted the pardon and that he is guilty of all the crimes, means that the civil lawsuit flood gates are now open. In addition, one or more state prosecutors may find a way to take those federal charges and move them to a state level. What is Hunter Biden going to do now? Hire more lawyers.
Let the music begin,
“It ain’t me, it ain’t me
I ain’t no senator’s son, son
It ain’t me, it ain’t me
I ain’t no fortunate one, no”
A note to readers: Pavel is a foreigner who has admitted to interfering in our election.. It started with Calgary Ted and ended up with Montreal Karmala. When will the menace from the north finally give up?
Toucan Sam, if you look closely, I am just getting started! Last Friday Justin “Castro” Trudeau, met with president elect Trump, he is already getting close to the Trump family. This is prefect, now all that Ivanka has to do is dump Jared and marry Justin Castro. In 2028 Ivanka Trump is appointed as the first female president of USA and moves into the White House with Justin. This dastardly plan is unstoppable!
Perhaps he is indeed a great artist. Vincent Van Gogh (who also had to deal with personal challenges) sold only one paint during his lifetime. I bet the Tate Modern will have an exhibition of his lifetime work.
https://bergesgallery.com/our-artists/hunter-biden
“A lawyer by profession, Hunter Biden now devotes his energy to the creative arts, bringing innumerable experiences to bear in his works.”
Imagine a world where Trump lost the election over his lawfair crimes, the good son Hunter “targed over politics” was pardoned, & succession appointed Kamal was ascending the throne. That would make a nice Gladiator sequel or zombie apocalypse.
There were crypto betting markets about this pardon, right? Maybe Hunter was told of the forthcoming pardon by Joe and made so much money in these anonymous markets that he won’t ever have to suffer the indignity of wage labor.
I wonder if this will become a new source of corruption for politicians. They can bet on outcomes over which they have control. Bet huge on “Will there be an invasion of a Caribbean island in 2025?” and then send in the Marines.
I doubt that majority bet that Hunter will not be pardoned, doubt that return on his bet would be fabulous. Unless someone was selling puts on Hunter jailhouse paintings, which value is now 0, and Hunter bought them and is now seriously wealthy.
perplexed: Joe Biden, Hunter, or anyone else with inside knowledge could have made an 8X return on a Polymarket bet placed back in June. https://polymarket.com/event/will-joe-pardon-hunter-biden
This market will resolve to “Yes” if Hunter Biden receives a presidential pardon, commutation, or reprieve by his father President Joseph Biden, before the time the next presidential inauguration starts.
Forget about placing bets with inside information. “El Chapo” also wants a pardon…
Philip, wish you brought it to my attention earlier.
Also, if the Great Father in Rome can sell pardons for breaking divine laws, why can’t the Great Father in Washington do the same for infractions of human law?
“As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgence
Now that Biden has pardoned his son, he must (not should) do the same to Trump — for the sake of “healing the country.” In turn, Trump will (not must) pardon the January 6th rioters (or was that a failed “coup”?) under the same banner of national unity.
Everyone’s happy now, no?!
What if there was no electoral college, H-Rod was elected in 2016 by the popular vote, she nominated Bide for succession in 2020, Bide pardoned Hunter over politically motivated frivolous gun charges & then Kamal won through succession. Meanwhile Trump lived out the last 8 years in the gulag over his 20 year old campaign finance scandal. It would be the national version of Calif*.
I don’t know who the f*** still thinks that USA is a Democratic State. Clinton, Biden and Trump pardoned their family members. Trump tapped / Tapping family members for executive appointment positions. Federal and local governments are run by buaracrats. This is kind of King’s rule.
RH, what family member did Trump pardon?
By the way, US is a constitutional republic with strong executive branch and not a direct democracy. The most effective instrument that US Congress has to control executive branch – power of the purse ie de-funding Presidential hobbies is extremely rarely used, for various reasons.
Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner.
He will be next ambassador to France
Correct. But Charles was pardoned after he served his sentence. Cosmetic pardon
I thought there was a decent chance Trump would pardon Hunter on day 1.
Why? Because (1) it would make Trump seem like a nice guy, and (2) would set him up for a wave of pardons for his own guys.
And pardoning Hunter would cost his nothing. As far as I can tell, there’s nobody who cares about Hunter doin’ time. They just wanted to use him as a weapon against the Democrats, but that’s irrelevant now.
David: What about my core question… what does Hunter Biden do for work now? Or does he learn how to live like a peasant on the few $millions in 2024 dollars that he can expect to get from his father?
Hunter has no marketable skills and a terrible reputation.
I think he moves in with his Dad, gets money from him, then lives on inheritance.
I’m now beginning to think the 500k I spent on one of Hunter’s paintings was a poor investment.
O.J. wrote “If I Did It” and supposedly could have made $3.5 million in pre-Biden money. Does Hunter write (with help) a book called “If I gave 10 percent to the Big Guy” and make some money that way?
Hunter already wrote a book about his drug use!
https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Things-Memoir-Hunter-Biden/dp/1982151110
NYTimes called it an “astonishingly candid and brave book”.
Joe Biden isn’t young enough to get rich after leaving office, as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama did. Supposedly, non-Dr. Biden is worth only about $10 million. Assuming that Dr. Biden (she’s only 73) spends half of that between now and her death, only about $5 million in 2024 dollars are available for each of Joe Biden’s kids. That’s not nearly enough to fund the lifestyle that Hunter Biden currently enjoys, even if he never again indulges in drugs, cash-oriented females, and the other elements of a good life.
Receiving an allowance carefully managed by Dr Jill has its advantages. Having just enough cash for a Toyota Camry and $5 footlongs gives Hunter the best chance of seeing 60.