Alan Dershowitz says political lawfare will pave the way for 'pardon-fare'

President Joe Biden on Sunday night pardoned his son Hunter on gun and tax charges, despite him saying that he wouldn't do it years prior.

Published: December 3, 2024 2:40pm

Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz said that pardons will become more common in the face of politicized prosecutions.

"The first step is it's going to turn into pardon-fare," Dershowitz said on the "John Solomon Reports" podcast. "So we're going to get pardons now from Trump, and Trump's going to say, 'Hey.... if you pardon your son, I can pardon Giuliani.'"

President Joe Biden on Sunday night pardoned his son Hunter on gun and tax charges, despite promising not to make such a move.

Hunter Biden, 54, was convicted earlier this year by a Delaware jury on gun charges, and then pleaded guilty to tax charges in California. 

Dershowitz argued that, due to this pardon, President-elect Donald Trump could cite it and pardon others that he wanted to.

He predicted that there could have been a potential deal between Trump and Biden in order to stop the continuing of lawfare used for political reasons.

"I was hoping that a deal could be made between Trump and Biden," he said. "Trump would pardon Hunter Biden and Biden before he left office would pardon the January 6 non violent people....along with some of the other political people that went to prison for things that nobody would ever go to prison for if they weren't associated with Trump."

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