The New York Occasions has made a correction to an article about Hunter Biden after an outcry emerged on the preliminary printed model.
The article is now tagged with a correction that the Occasions stated was made on Wednesday, the identical day as its publication.
“An earlier version of this article misquoted Hunter Biden. He said, ‘My father was not financially involved in my business,’ not, ‘My father was not involved in my business,’” the correction learn.
The complete quote now reads: “Let me state as clearly as I can: My father was not financially involved in my business — not as a practicing lawyer, not as a board member of Burisma, not my partnership with a Chinese private businessman, not in my investments at home nor abroad and certainly not as an artist.”
Wow.
The New York Occasions doctored an actual quote from Hunter Biden to downplay Joe Biden’s involvement in his enterprise.
We requested the @nytimes why it lied. We have now not heard again.https://t.co/XmCHhJnAxo
— OutKick (@Outkick) December 13, 2023
The importance of that one word was famous by Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who chairs the Home Judiciary Committee and member of the Home Oversight Committee.
Jordan stated the usage of the phrase “financially” was a “huge change” in comparison with earlier statements made by President Biden and the White Home on the topic.
“Which means, sort of means, he’s involved. I think that’s how anyone with common sense would read it. [Joe Biden’s] been involved, just not financially,” Jordan argued. “That is a huge departure from everything they have said now for the last three-and-a-half years.”
“This statement today, I think, is the biggest news of the morning,” Jordan stated.
Hunter Biden now faces fees over his taxes, proudly owning a gun whereas mendacity about his use of medicine, and stiffing Congress by not complying with a subpoena.
Rep. @ByronDonalds confirms Joe Biden will probably pardon Hunter:
“They’re going to slow walk this entire trial and then in the lame duck session of congress, after Joe Biden loses the White House to Donald Trump, I think he is going to go ahead and pardon his son.” pic.twitter.com/7dOKyLfKtO
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 14, 2023
NBC indicated that the topic of the president pardoning his son is getting a rising degree of buzz in official circles.
Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee proposed a constitutional modification to bar presidents from pardoning themselves or members of the family. It has obtained little traction.
“I wouldn’t recommend it politically,” Cohen stated addressing Biden’s potential pardon of his son. “It is within his power, and he loves his son, so, what are you going to do? I suspect he could.”
“I’ve been very clear; the president is not going to pardon his son,” White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated final week.
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts stated a pardon needs to be off the boards.
“Pardons should not be used for personal purposes,” she stated. “They should only be used in the interest of the United States public.”
Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, of Virginia agreed.
“I believe the pardon power in the Constitution was provided for extraordinary circumstances, with assuming unstated mitigating circumstances,” Connolly stated. “It was not provided to provide relief for family members. So, no, I don’t think it should be used for that purpose.”
This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.
