Hunter got the full Nixon, prosecute the other Bidens and other commentary

“Hunter Biden’s pardon looks a lot like Richard Nixon’s,” notes Betsy Woodruff Swan at Politico.It “insulates his son from ever facing federal charges over any crimes he possibly could have committed over the past decade.”Just one other person “in generations” has “received a presidential pardon so sweeping”: Richard Nixon.And the “starting date of Jan.

1, 2014, in the Biden pardon was surely not chosen randomly: Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian gas company, in April 2014, while his father was vice president.”“If the Bidens want to escape legal accountability for their pay-for-play operation, Joe better be ready to pardon the whole family,” fumes The Federalist’s Elle Purnell.Hunter’s “not the only one implicated in crimes.”His influence peddling “only worked because of Joe Biden,” and Joe “was the one who publicly used his position . . .to pressure the Ukrainian government to fire the prosecutor who appeared to be investigating” Burisma.Other “extensive evidence” implicates “James Biden, Joe’s younger brother,” and the Biden clan got millions “in a series of payments that originated with foreign benefactors and trickled down as far as the Biden grandchildren.”“It’s time to investigate and prosecute Joe Biden, James Biden, and anyone else who played an active role in the family business of trading influence for goodies.”Decisions on extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act “will determine the fate of literally trillions of Americans’ dollars,” flags Reason’s Eric Boehm.Will that money “remain in wallets, bank accounts, and retirement portfolios, or will they flow to the U.S.

Treasury to fund wars and welfare?”A full extension of the law would “add another $4.6 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office projects.”Congress should extend the cuts and offset the cost with “spending reductions.” But that’s “borde...