Sen. Joe Manchin calls on Biden to pardon Trump too after prezs shocking Hunter move: Clean that slate up

Sen.Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) called on President Biden to pardon President-elect Donald Trump Monday — for the sake of balance — a day after the commander in chief issued one to his troubled son, Hunter Biden. “I am just saying, wipe them out,” Manchin, a former Democrat who is retiring from the upper chamber at the end of the year, told CNN. “Why don’t you go ahead and pardon Donald Trump for all his charges and make it, you know, it would have gone down a lot more balanced, if you will,” the senator added. Biden, 82, claimed he decided to issue the sweeping pardon to his 54-year-old son, who earlier this year was convicted of federal gun charges and pleaded guilty to federal tax crimes, because Hunter was being “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.”White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended the move and claimed so-called “war politics” had prompted Hunter’s legal woes.Trump, 78, has similarly claimed that four criminal cases against him — for allegedly mishandling classified documents, attempting to overturn the 2020 election results, falsifying business records and interfering in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election — were politically motivated.The president-elect was charged in all four cases — two federal and two state — after announcing his 2024 White House bid. “The president has to be the president for the next four years, fighting all these criminal [cases] and all this other stuff’s coming after him,” Manchin said.

“Just clean that slate up.”The West Virginia senator added that the shocking pardon, which the White House repeatedly insisted over the past two years was not in the offing, made Biden’s legacy “difficult.” Several of Manchin’s Senate colleagues, including a number of Democrats, have slammed the president’s decision to pardon Hunter.“President Biden’s decision put personal interest ahead of duty and further erodes Americans’ faith that the justice system is fair and eq...