Gurugram: Former Ambassador Yogesh Gupta criticized President Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, calling it ‘unfair and undemocratic.’ He highlighted that Hunter faces serious allegations, including tax filing delays, gun license issues, and questionable dealings in China and Ukraine. Gupta pointed out that the U.S. judicial system had reportedly refused to grant relief to Hunter Biden, prompting President Biden to use his executive powers, which he deemed interference in the judicial process. He also criticized the U.S. administration for levying unsubstantiated charges against Indian businessman Gautam Adani, suggesting that such actions raise questions about the integrity of U.S.-India relations.
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00:00I have seen this news report about President Biden pardoning his son Hunter Biden for his involvement in the delay in the filing of tax records as well as the licenses for the guns.
00:19And his involvement in the other questionable and doubtful cases where there are doubts that he may have profited. For instance, his dealings in China and Ukraine.
00:35Earlier President Biden took the stand that he will not interfere in the judicial system of America and he would let the judicial system take its course.
00:48But as his presidency comes to a close, Mr. Biden has done a U-turn and has decided at the last minute to pardon his son.
01:00Now this raises important questions about President Biden's intent, why he has gone back on his earlier statement.
01:11There are reports that the United States judicial system had expressed its inability to grant a pardon to Hunter Biden such were the cases against him.
01:27And after President Biden realized that the system would not give him the necessary relief, he decided to use his presidential powers to give relief to his son, which is unfair and undemocratic in the sense that you are interfering in the judicial system of the country.
01:50This is the same Biden administration which had raised question marks about the involvement of Gautam Adani, one of our noted and respected businessmen, in his business dealings in India without any corroborating evidence.
02:17And so much so that the US Justice Department had started issuing an arrest warrant against members of the Adani group.
02:29So on one hand, President Biden is siding completely in support of his son.
02:34And on the other hand, he is taking this sort of action against other countries, not only against the industrial baron Gautam Adani, but also even people belonging to the government such as our NSA in regard to the filing of charges against this Pannu in the alleged conspiracy against him.
03:02The question arises that what kind of implications this grant of pardon by President Biden will now lead to because there are charges that Hunter Biden was involved in getting preferential treatment from the Ukraine government of President Zelensky
03:30in drilling of oil and similarly there are reports that Hunter Biden was involved in some questionable dealings in China.
03:40So now after the grant of this pardon, this absolute pardon, Hunter Biden can't be investigated even for those charges.
03:49Some people are claiming that the way President Biden has gone out of his way shows the new low in the American politics.
04:00It shows that the exceptionalism that America had claimed for itself that it was a great power which was following democratic norms and so on.
04:09All those things are farce. All those things are now blown to the wind.
04:13When the President starts supporting his own son against criminal charges, such conduct holds little ground for the rest of the world.
04:25So this conduct of President Biden is being sharply criticized by the Republicans and other people and it will really bring down the reputation of the United States in the eyes of the other countries.
04:44And it is hoped that the political leadership in the United States will take appropriate lessons that no president in future can indulge in such partisan behavior for his family members.