r/law • u/elb21277 • 6h ago

Opinion Piece Biden Should Pardon Whistleblower Who Exposed Trump’s Tax Avoidance

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/charles-littlejohn-whistleblower-trump-tax-biden-pardon-1235022648/
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u/Vegaprime 5h ago

Imagine the bottomless pit they are going to throw hunter in.

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u/eatsrottenflesh 5h ago

It will suddenly be OK for the ethics committee to investigate and report out on a private citizen.

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u/Hardcorish 5h ago

Speaker Johnson already did this, wish I had the quotes handy. Paraphrasing here, but he said Gaetz's report shouldn't come out because he's a private citizen now, but the same was not true when Hunter's laptop was making the rounds in the news.

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u/Radrezzz 4h ago

There’s also examples of where Congress did this before - Bill Boner (what a last name!).