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Hosts and guests on CNN and MSNBC repeatedly told viewers that President Joe Biden would not grant his son, Hunter Biden, a pardon before he reversed course and did so on Sunday.

Biden announced the pardon in a statement released Sunday night, claiming Hunter had been “singled out” due to being the president’s son while alleging that “political opponents” were seeking to “break” both him and his son in the statement. The hosts and guests on the left-leaning networks touted Biden’s “major commitment” to viewers, calling it “presidential” and an example of “decency.” (RELATED: Here Are Times Biden, KJP Promised President Wouldn’t Pardon Hunter Before Breaking His Word)

“The president has ruled out pardoning his son,” CNN host Abby Phillip told a guest who predicted a pardon for Hunter Biden in a montage posted on X by Grabien founder Tom Elliot.

“A major commitment from the president, accepting the outcome of the trial, and also pledging not to pardon his son,” CNN host Kaitlan Collins said later in the video.

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Other hosts and guests on the liberal-leaning networks praised Biden for the pledge not to pardon his son, contrasting it to President-elect Donald Trump’s criticism of the criminal cases against him.

“The contrast is profound. To sit there and say, well, I’m not going to intervene in the legal process, and I wouldn’t pardon my son,” CNN analyst S.E. Cupp said. “One side, Democrats and Joe Biden protecting the justice system, and on the other, Republicans and Trump protecting Trump.”

“He is not pardoning his son, which he could do. These are federal charges,” former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann told MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace in the montage, adding, “He is not doing that. He is not doing it because he is living what it means to have a rule of law in this country.”

A jury in Delaware convicted Hunter Biden on three felony gun charges in connection with the purchase of a Colt .38-caliber revolver in 2018. The president’s son entered a guilty plea on federal tax charges in September in a federal court in California.

“I think Joe Biden has a chance here to stand up for the rule of law to say the rule — the law is the law, no matter who it is, no matter if it’s Trump or Biden,” MSNBC guest Molly Jong-Fast said later in the montage. “And remember, part of Trumpism’s dangerousness is that it tears down institutions, important institutions of our democracy. So there is an opportunity here for Biden to say, you know, the jury found him guilty. This is how it’s supposed to work. Period. Paragraph. End of story.” (RELATED: ‘Legal Death Wish’: Jonathan Turley Says Hunter Biden Likely Headed To Jail)

““For years, these conservatives have been crowing about a politicized Justice Department, Biden politicizing it and so on. What happened today? The Justice Department convicted the president’s own son, his only living son. You heard the president say he would accept the outcome of the case. I know no other word for that, but presidential.” Neal Katyal told MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart during an MSNBC appearance in the montage, with Capehart responding, “Mm-hmm. He even went so far as to say he wouldn’t pardon his son. That’s how much respect he has for the system.”

The video ended with MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle praising Biden’s vow to not pardon his son as a “gift to democracy.”

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