Joyce Vance on Hunter Biden’s Pardon: ‘It’s Not an Abuse of Power’

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VANCE: “You know, we all lived through Donald Trump’s efforts to abuse and to twist the Justice Department. There were some skirmishes involving Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former lawyer, who went to prison after he turned on Donald Trump, and there were issues about his release and whether he was treated the same way other prisoners were being treated. So I’m sure those sorts of issues weighed heavily on President Biden. But I want to underscore something Mary McCord said, which is that this is not unleashing the floodgates on abuse of presidential power by President Biden. This is President Biden exercising a power that he unquestionably has the ability to exercise. Many presidents at the end of their term use the pardon power in ways that not everyone agrees with. I think this use of it, some people will agree it, others will find objectionable given his prior statement that he wouldn't use it in this way, but it’s not an abuse of power. This isn't someone trying to interfere, for instance, with the smooth transfer of power."