Noted attorney Alan Dershowitz said Monday that President Joe Biden had a moral obligation to pardon non-violent protesters charged in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot after granting clemency to Hunter Biden.
Biden announced he pardoned his son in a statement released Sunday night, alleging Hunter Biden had been “singled out” and claiming that “political opponents” wanted to “break” both him and his son. Dershowitz said that Biden was correct that people were not “normally prosecuted” for lying about drug use when buying firearms but said that Biden had to address the disparate treatment of those involved in Black Lives Matter riots and the Capitol riot.