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January 5, 2024 9:22pm EST Facebook Twitter Flipboard Comments Print Email close Video DeSantis rejects NBC’s question about pardoning Hunter Biden Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was baffled when he was asked by NBC whether he would pardon Hunter Biden if elected president. Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis was baffled when asked whether he would pardon Hunter Biden as president during an interview with NBC News Thursday. DeSantis was pressed by NBC’s Dasha Burns about his past comments saying he was open to potentially pardoning former President Trump, who awaits trial later this year for two federal indictments over his handling of classified documents and his involvement leading up to the events of Jan. 6, in addition to two other rounds of state-level charges. The GOP hopeful explained that pardoning Trump could help “move the country forward” and cited former President Ford’s pardoning of his ousted predecessor Richard Nixon as a way to “heal the country.” DESANTIS AHEAD OF IOWA CAUCUSES: ‘I DON’T PUT A LOT OF STOCK’ IN POLLS GOP hopeful Ron DeSantis was baffled when asked if he would pardon Hunter Biden during an NBC interview. (Screenshot/NBC News) Burns then asked, “in the spirit” of preventing further national division, if he would ask GOP lawmakers not to continue their investigation into President Biden, something DeSantis rejected since Biden “has not been held accountable for anything.” “There’ve been different standards of justice that have been applied on these investigations because the amount of money that’s come into their family — how does that happen where you have millions of dollars that’s coming into the family… we weren’t even scratching the surface on that,” DeSantis said. “So heal the country when it comes to Trump, but not when it comes to Biden,” Burns responded. “What about Hunter Biden, would you pardon him?” “Why?” a puzzled DeSantis reacted before exclaiming, “No!”WATCH DESANTIS’ TOP MOMENTS ON TRUMP, BIDEN, IMMIGRATION FROM IOWA TOWN HALL: ‘LEADERS GOT TO LEAD’ NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns pressed DeSantis on why he would consider pardoning former President Trump in order to heal the country and not Hunter Biden if he were elected president. (Screenshot/NBC News) “Same question — I mean, in the spirit of healing the country and moving forward,” Burns said. “Those are not the same things,” DeSantis said. “You have a current administration that is prosecuting the former president. That is not the same thing as a Hunter Biden prosecution. Hunter Biden was not one of the leaders of the opposition political party. So when you have that, that is not healthy for this country to be doing that.”He later continued, “If [Hunter Biden] had been not connected to the D.C. ruling class, he would have been prosecuted a long time ago. But those are not equivalent things in terms of, like, a Ford and Nixon and then, versus some of the things that we’re seeing with Donald Trump.”DESANTIS CAMPAIGN ACCUSES HALEY OF ‘INSULTING’ IOWANS BY SAYING NH WILL ‘CORRECT’ CAUCUS RESULTS President Biden’s son Hunter Biden is facing criminal charges for tax and gun crimes. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPBurns posed the same questions to fellow GOP rivals Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy in separate interviews. Both said they would pardon Trump. Regarding the pardoning of Hunter Biden, Burns referred to him as “the president’s kid,” when questioning Haley. The former U.N. ambassador responded, “Let’s wait and see what the charges are,” alluding to the courtroom chaos that previously unfolded. Ramaswamy was a firm “no” on any convictions tied to the foreign money the president’s son received and potential bribery schemes involving his father. Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
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January 5, 2024 9:22pm EST
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis was baffled when asked whether he would pardon Hunter Biden as president during an interview with NBC News Thursday.DeSantis was pressed by NBC’s Dasha Burns about his past comments saying he was open to potentially pardoning former President Trump, who awaits trial later this year for two federal indictments over his handling of classified documents and his involvement leading up to the events of Jan. 6, in addition to two other rounds of state-level charges. The GOP hopeful explained that pardoning Trump could help “move the country forward” and cited former President Ford’s pardoning of his ousted predecessor Richard Nixon as a way to “heal the country.” {{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}DESANTIS AHEAD OF IOWA CAUCUSES: ‘I DON’T PUT A LOT OF STOCK’ IN POLLS GOP hopeful Ron DeSantis was baffled when asked if he would pardon Hunter Biden during an NBC interview. (Screenshot/NBC News)Burns then asked, “in the spirit” of preventing further national division, if he would ask GOP lawmakers not to continue their investigation into President Biden, something DeSantis rejected since Biden “has not been held accountable for anything.””There’ve been different standards of justice that have been applied on these investigations because the amount of money that’s come into their family — how does that happen where you have millions of dollars that’s coming into the family… we weren’t even scratching the surface on that,” DeSantis said. {{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}”So heal the country when it comes to Trump, but not when it comes to Biden,” Burns responded. “What about Hunter Biden, would you pardon him?””Why?” a puzzled DeSantis reacted before exclaiming, “No!”WATCH DESANTIS’ TOP MOMENTS ON TRUMP, BIDEN, IMMIGRATION FROM IOWA TOWN HALL: ‘LEADERS GOT TO LEAD’ {{#rendered}} {{/rendered}} NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns pressed DeSantis why he would consider pardoning former President Trump in order to heal the country and not Hunter Biden if he were elected president. (Screenshot/NBC News)”Same question — I mean, in the spirit of healing the country and moving forward,” Burns said. “Those are not the same things,” DeSantis said. “You have a current administration that is prosecuting the former president. That is not the same thing as a Hunter Biden prosecution. Hunter Biden was not one of the leaders of the opposition political party. So when you have that, that is not healthy for this country to be doing that.”He later continued, “If [Hunter Biden] had been not connected to the D.C. ruling class, he would have been prosecuted a long time ago. But those are not equivalent things in terms of, like, a Ford and Nixon and then, versus some of the things that we’re seeing with Donald Trump.” {{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}DESANTIS CAMPAIGN ACCUSES HALEY OF ‘INSULTING’ IOWANS BY SAYING NH WILL ‘CORRECT’ CAUCUS RESULTS President Biden’s son Hunter Biden is facing criminal charges for tax and gun crimes. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPBurns posed the same questions to fellow GOP rivals Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy in separate interviews. Both said they would pardon Trump. {{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Regarding the pardoning of Hunter Biden, Burns referred to him as “the president’s kid,” when questioning Haley. The former U.N. ambassador responded, “Let’s wait and see what the charges are,” alluding to the courtroom chaos that previously unfolded. Ramaswamy was a firm “no” on any convictions tied to the foreign money the president’s son received and potential bribery schemes involving his father. Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
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