Even if Joe Biden pardons his whole administration, Americans deserve the truth. The pardoning of Hunter Biden throws open the possibility of many more to come during this presidency’s last five weeks. Even if key people are exonerated before the fact, Republicans shouldn’t be dissuaded from investigating. Far more important than punishing the guilty is that the truth be told and that, if wrongs have been committed, they should never happen again.

At the heart of Hunter Biden’s unquestionable guilt and Joe Biden’s duplicitous pardon lies the infamous laptop. It is a microcosm of Hunter’s sordid career and special breaks. After its October 2020 discovery, it was dismissed by the administration, Democrats, and establishment media.
Then an election and almost four years later, it was not only accepted as authentic (January 2024) but became evidence in the government’s successful prosecution of Hunter on felony gun charges (June 11) — and almost certainly would have been in the tax cases had Hunter not pled guilty. Just two days later, Joe Biden said he wouldn’t pardon Hunter and was “satisfied” his son had a fair trial. Again, an election and less than six months later, Joe Biden ended the saga by pardoning his son.
For months, Democrats and their establishment media allies had been laying the foundation for delegitimizing any Republican investigations should Trump win the presidency. Wrapped in their overall campaign to demonize Trump, Democrats accused him of plotting retribution against his political enemies. Various members of the self-styled elite loudly proclaimed their endangerment from a Trump victory.
What Democrats meant their strategy to do was to discredit any future investigations of the Biden administration’s abuses of power — such as its conduct during COVID and its open border policy — before they could get underway. And to justify Biden’s pardons to avoid them.
The problem is that Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter jumped the gun and tipped the hand. Hunter ...