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Literally what are you talking about. This wouldn't have stopped future investigations, and unless you're suggesting Biden held Hunter Biden's hand and helped him grasp the pen that checked that box, there's no sense in which he was implicated.
It’s extremely common in corporate and political criminal schemes to throw a sacrificial lamb under the bus to attempt to satisfy calls for accountability. Hunter already outed himself by leaving a trail of evidence across the globe, and given his position as the bagman was presumably set up to take the fall from the beginning.
What’s funny is Joe may have inadvertently fucked himself with this pardon, because he just revoked Hunter’s right to refuse to answer questions under the fifth amendment as he’s not at risk of prosecution.
I hope they don’t drop it. We deserve some answers.