Media Panics Over Trump’s ‘Meme Coin Dinner,’ Ignores Biden’s Family Pardons [WATCH]

Former New York City Council Republican Leader Joe Borelli confronted CNN panelists on Wednesday, pushing back on claims of corruption against President Donald Trump by pointing out that Joe Biden pardoned multiple members of his own family before leaving office.

During a segment discussing a recent report from The New York Times, the panel criticized Trump for hosting a dinner that included the top 220 investors in his meme-based cryptocurrency, $Trump, which reportedly led to a spike in the coin’s value.

Borelli responded by questioning the framing of the story, arguing that there was no criminal offense presented in the article.

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“I looked for, in this New York Times article, the allegation of corruption, what was the crime that was being accused?” Borelli asked during the broadcast.

“Was it inappropriate? Yeah, maybe you could argue that. But it’s not illegal and I damn well will play what-about-ism when you had a culture for four years that was so bad, that the president’s final act while he was gumming his eggs and his wife was doing the job was to pardon his entire family. So yes, I will play what-about-ism when the last president was so corrupt that he had to pardon, in advance, his entire family.”

Borelli’s remarks referred to a series of pardons issued by Biden prior to President Trump’s inauguration on January 20.

Biden granted clemency to several family members, including his son Hunter Biden, his brothers, and his in-laws.

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Biden pardoned his son on December 1, 2024, after publicly stating for months that he would not intervene in the legal proceedings.

Hunter Biden had been convicted in June 2024 by a Delaware jury for illegally possessing a firearm while addicted to drugs and for making false statements on the purchase paperwork.

In addition, he faced nine tax-related charges in California, where prosecutors alleged he failed to pay $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019.

Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut responded to Borelli’s comments by acknowledging the controversy surrounding Hunter Biden but defending Biden’s administration.

“Look, this goes back to Billy Carter, every presidency has had family members try to profit off of the president,” Himes said.

“But come on, there’s no way you can look at the Trump administration and say ‘he’s not taking everything to 11.’ The Hunter Biden stuff was unseemly, absolutely.”

While Himes called for moving beyond comparisons between administrations, Borelli maintained that the double standard was evident in the media coverage and public discourse.

Substack writer Touré defended Biden’s decision to pardon his relatives, claiming the former president acted to protect his family from what he described as a potential “dictator.”

Despite the fact that investigations into Hunter Biden were led by Biden’s own Department of Justice, the former president described the scrutiny against his son as “the worst kind of partisan politics.”

Critics, however, argue that the pardons undercut Biden’s previous statements about respecting the justice process and not intervening in his family’s legal issues.

The exchange on CNN highlighted the ongoing partisan divide surrounding high-profile corruption cases, with figures from both major parties continuing to clash over accountability and selective prosecution.

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