Elon Musk is among those mocking President Biden’s shocking hypocrisy in granting son Hunter a pardon — noting how fact-checkers on X flagged the president for saying, “no one is above the law.”
Biden’s tweet from May, an attack on now-President-elect Donald Trump, went viral after the commander in chief announced late Sunday that he was giving a total pardon to his troubled son after repeatedly insisting he would not interfere with justice.
It now has a community not warning readers: “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.’”
However, X owner and Trump adviser Musk shared a proposed note that was even more damning.
“By p[ardoning his son Hunter, not merely for a single crime, but for actual or potential crimes he may or may not have created over an eleven-year period, Joe Biden has made clear that some people are, in fact, above the law.”
Musk shared a screenshot to his more than 200 million followers with the simple message: “Community Notes slays.”
Hunter Biden, 54, pleaded guilty in September to nine counts tied to bilking Americans of $1.4 million in taxes and was found guilty of three federal gun charges in June after he was charged with possession of a firearm while addicted to illegal drugs.
Biden argued Sunday that Hunter was “singled out only because he is my son” while reversing his previous claim that he would issue a pardon for the younger Biden.
“Without aggravating factors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchaser, people are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form,” Biden said in a statement.
“Those who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but paid them back subsequently with interest and penalties, are typically given non-criminal resolutions. It is clear that Hunter was treated differently.”
Biden argued there’d been an ongoing “effort to break” his son, who is five and a half years sober.
“In trying to break Hunter, they’ve tried to break me — and there’s no reason to believe it will stop here,” Biden said. “Enough is enough.”
The community notes feature, launched last year, allows users to comment on posts to flag false or misleading content, crowd-sourcing fact-checking to users instead of staffers.
With Post wires.
