(12-02-2024, 01:11 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(12-02-2024, 12:46 PM)Bchbunnie4 Wrote: I’d pardon the hell out of my child. But what I wouldn’t do is lie for so long about not doing it. I’d walk into office saying I’m protecting my child, even if it’s from their own stupidity. It’s not the pardon that gets me, it’s the sanctimonious lying about it that’s the bad part!

I respect this point of view.
And I assume you'd do the same for your son-in-law's father.
But I think you're selling Joe a little short.
Joe allowed his son to be investigated, tried, and convicted.  Joe could have stopped the process with a blanket pardon at any time.  It's a credit to him that he didn't.