What’s on the front page of The New York Post?
New York Post dedicates its whole front page to the story. The paper’s columnist says “So it is fitting that one of the final acts of this mendacious president before leaving office was to break yet another promise to the American people.” Online they question whether Trump will now pardon those imprisoned for the January 6 riots.
- Donald Trump hints at mass pardons for Jan. 6 defendants after Biden pardons son Hunter.
President-elect Donald Trump hinted at mass pardons for defendants tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — with his team vowing he would also overhaul the “Democrat-controlled” Department of Justice — a little more than an hour after President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Sunday night.
‘Biden pardons Hunter’ & ‘Rebels capture Aleppo’ – Paper Talk USA
The US front pages report on a variety of domestic news with President Joe Biden issuing a ‘full and unconditional’ pardon for his son Hunter Biden leading much of the American press.
The news has been met with widespread backlash across the right and left as Biden had previously promised he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence. Hunter Biden was set to face sentencing this month on federal felony gun and tax convictions
President Biden said his U-turn was due to how unfairly Hunter had been treated, he said although he believed in the justice system, “politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice”.
A few major papers cover the Syrian rebel forces seizing control of Aleppo – the country’s second-largest city.