1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: This is the American well would be American presidents now 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: outgoing and the one elect. No one will be above 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: the law. American principle that no one is above the law. 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,639 Speaker 1: Why do Americans keep saying nobody is above the law 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: and then repeatedly showing us that some blatantly are. Biden 6 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: tweeted this during the campaign. Nobody is above the law. 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: He said it one hundred times. He was talking about 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: charges against Trump, of course, but on principle, he said, 9 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: the same applies to him and his family, including his 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: son Hunter. Then here we are. He's lost the election, 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: and quicker than you can say, get out of jail free, 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: he has flip flopped on that. Convictions wiped clean. Hunter 13 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: now won't face any jail time or have a criminal 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: record for two separate court cases, some of them involving 15 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: gun charges. By the way, their constitution allows this, It 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: allows presidents to pardon pretty much anyone for federal crimes 17 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: except them, so for impeachment. Trump did it on the 18 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 1: way out too when he was in last time. Obama 19 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: both bush'es FDR apparently hit the record with more than 20 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,759 Speaker 1: two thousand pardons when he left office. At the same 21 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: time that Biden proves his son is in fact above 22 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 1: the law. You've got the Department of Justice dropping cases 23 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: against Trump, left, right and center. Why well, they have 24 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: a policy of not going after sitting presidents. So we 25 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: have a Department of Justice policy. We have that pesky 26 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: written constitution to blame, and that's fine. It's their country, 27 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: it's not mine. But aren't you kind of glad that 28 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: we don't mix politics with justice here like they do 29 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: in the States. When we say nobody's above them law, 30 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: we pretty much mean it, don't we. I know some 31 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: will argue that we apply the law unevenly, and there 32 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: are cases to be made for that, but on political grounds, nah, 33 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: we don't really do that. This is the Department going 34 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: after person a because they vote for labor or they 35 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: vote for act or whatever. It just doesn't work like 36 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: that here. The Americans do many things well, but separation 37 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: of powers, particularly when it comes to these types of issues, 38 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: doesn't appear to be one of them. For more from 39 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live to News Talk 40 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: Set be from five am weekdays, or follow the podcast 41 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:18,519 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.