to tax charges.  It looks like he wants the conviction entered quickly so he can get his pardon from dad as soon possible in case Joe doesn't make it to the end of his term and gets the ousted by the 25th Amendment.  No guarantee successor Kamala would let Hunter off on the eve of an election.  The optics are bad.

But don't let a little thing like a fact get in your way.

ha ha, yeah sure.  I believe it.

not pardon him during his lame duck period after election day, regardless of what he claims the facts are NOW?  BTW, I didn't realize Lester added this info to his earlier thread, so I reported this one for removal.

So Hunter will never have to set foot in a prison before the election.  This gives Joe cover to pardon him after the election without affecting the election outcome.  Joe can lie about it safely.