A lawyer on TikTok recently explained a potential issue for the Biden family after the president issued a sweeping pardon for Hunter Biden’s crimes over the past decade. The man behind the popular account “Trust Me I’m A Lawyer,” offered his expertise about how the pardon could ultimately backfire on the president and his son.
Beginning his explanation, he said, “Let’s talk about Joe pardoning Hunter, and the wrinkle that nobody has picked up on yet, not a single person I’ve listened to on the radio or anything else has picked up on this. I’m a lawyer, not your lawyer.” Offering his legal insight, he dove straight into the nuances of the “blanket pardon” that Joe gave Hunter.
“So what Joe has issued is a blanket pardon. Basically, he’s given Hunter Biden immunity for everything that started when he joined Burisma 10 years ago, up until now. It sounds great for Hunter, right?” he noted. “It sounds great for Joe, because Joe is the person that Hunter would be testifying against if they made some kind of a deal, right?” However, he suggested there was a constitutional misunderstanding at play. “But do you understand how the Fifth Amendment works,” he said.
He continued, “If they give Hunter blanket immunity, which they have. Joe did this. No. He lied about it in June. He said he would never do it in a million years, and then he did it. What a good dad.” Criticizing the motives of the president in the pardon, he added, “He’s doing it to protect himself because he doesn’t want Hunter testifying against the Biden crime family.”
Although, TikTok legal expert suggested that Biden should have sought sound legal counsel before making the pardon. “However, this is where he fouled up, Joe, you got to listen to your lawyers, because I know one of your lawyers was bound up and smart enough to figure this out. If they did, you need to hire new ones. I worked case one time where they granted immunity in order to extract testimony from the person talking who’s involved with my client. Here’s how it works. If you’ve been granted immunity, the Fifth Amendment no longer applies.”
He further stated, “You cannot incriminate yourself when you’ve been granted blanket immunity over everything you did, from ant to ant, therefore, Hunter Biden can now be forced to testify against the big guy. And this is what everybody is missing, and this is where Joe totally screwed the pooch legally on this is the immunity gets rid of that fifth amendment.”
In conclusion, the lawyer explained that the move could force Hunter to testify against his father. “So now when they ask Hunter Biden, they put him on the stand. If they do, and they ask, ‘How much money did you launder through Ukraine to your dad?’ And he says, I’m taking the fifth, the judge can compel him to testify, because he is immune from prosecution on that and if he still refuses to testify, he can hold him in contempt, and he can put him in jail, until which point he decides to testify. Good with Joe proving you’re still a complete idiot.”
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