Analysis by Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — In the end, President Joe Biden acted as a father. The decision to issue a blanket pardon for his son Hunter will forever be a part of the president’s legacy. Across an extraordinary five decades in public life, with a long rise from the Senate to the Oval Office, his Sunday night declaration puts an exclamation point – and a question mark – on Biden’s tenure in a changing era of American politics. “I hope Am…

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In the end, President Joe Biden acted as a father.

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COMMENT. Say one thing and do another. When President Joe Biden now changes his mind and pardons his son Hunter, he plays right into the hands of the opponents. At the same time, probably a lot of parents can still understand his actions.

KOMMENTAR. Säga en sak och göra en annan. När president Joe Biden nu ändrat sig och benådar sin son Hunter spelar han motståndarna rätt i händerna. Samtidigt kan nog en hel del föräldrar ändå förstå hans agerande.

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NEW YORK. Joe Biden's reverse loyalty with son Hunter is touching. But he also emphasizes that corruption in Washington is not limited to the Trump family.

NEW YORK. Joe Bidens obrutna lojalitet med sonen Hunter är rörande. Men den understryker samtidigt att korruptionen i Washington inte är begränsad till familjen Trump.

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Joe Biden framed his decision to pardon his son as something any parent would do—if they happened to be the most powerful person in the country. “I hope Americans will understand,” he said in a statement announcing his pardon of Hunter Biden, “why a father and a President would come to this decision.” That decision—a direct reversal of his many explicit promises not to intervene in his son’s legal proceedings—came weeks before his son was to fac…

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