Recently Hunter Biden received a blanket pardon from his father, President Joe Biden, wiping clean approximately 10 years of egregious behavior and unlawful acts. Biden repeatedly said he would not pardon his son before leaving office; clearly this decision to absolve Hunter Biden of all wrongdoing was never in doubt.
Not only did Biden place his personal relationships over his commitment to the American citizens and the sanctity of the presidential office, he did so in a manner which questions his act’s constitutionality. Many in the legal community generally consider pardons a responsibility and function of the president, but they also understand pardons to be for specific acts, not unspecified, illegal activity.
Given the future implications and the severity of any alleged crimes brought forth, it is imperative that the public is fully aware of the intimate details surrounding Hunter Biden’s removal from the U.S. Navy, particularly as they relate to former Alabama Department of Veteran’s Affairs commissioner Admiral Kent Davis.
Summary of Facts
Rear Admiral Kent Davis was the Vice Chief of Information for the Navy, in command of Navy Reserve Public Affairs personnel, in 2014. Hunter Biden was a Navy Reserve Public Affairs officer at that time, holding the rank of Ensign.
Hunter Biden received a direct commission from the U.S. Navy Direct Commission Selection Board as a Public Affairs Officer. It is important to note that he required various waivers on critical requirements for commission, particularly age and past criminal charges for drug possession. Hunter Biden’s status as an attorney, yet getting commissioned in a PAO billet, is not in keeping with Navy protocol for the highly competitive selection process. As a result, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy Reserve, in the Public Affairs designator for service.
Records indicate Hunter Biden was placed ahead of other numerous qualified and well-deserving candidates for a direct commission. As a former commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, I can tell you that the standards are strict, and the requisites are specific and demanding. That said, there is reason to suspect that the senior officer on the selection board for the Navy (Rear Admiral Victor Beck) was under influence from then-Vice President Biden concerning Hunter Biden’s direct commission.
Hunter Biden was separated from the Navy by an Administrative Separation Board in February 2014 because he tested positive for multiple illegal substances at his first reporting active drill with the U.S. Navy Reserves, as discovered in a routine urinalysis. According to former Navy officials with direct knowledge of the matter at the time, Hunter Biden submitted a September 2013 statement in memorandum declaring his innocence in this matter and his intentions to oppose the Board of Inquiry scheduled for Nov. 14, 2013. On Nov. 13, 2013, Hunter Biden admitted to his addictions, indicating his decision to accept the charges and administrative separation from the Navy. The Navy was obliged to provide him with treatment and counselling from August 2013 to February 2014.
In February 2014, Hunter Biden received administrative discharge papers, thus ending the short-lived but eventful military career of the president’s youngest son.
Sadly the situation with a corrupt and tyrannical executive in Washington, D.C., is eerily mirrored in Montgomery, Ala. Though the circumstances of Hunter Biden’s direct commission were highly suspicious, it is unclear whether any associated political pressure came from the vice president’s or the president’s office. But it appears there was a political agenda to attempt to propagate the Biden Dynasty with this scripted and planned travesty of military office.
That parallels Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s lack of engagement with our veterans and her current push to make the commissioner of the Alabama Board of Veteran’s Affairs (ABVA) a member of her cabinet. The blatantly unconstitutional removal of Davis from his post, the cavalier attitude of the governor’s office, as well as the power move to absorb the ABVA, will not go unopposed nor will it escape proper penalties.
For those elected leaders in our state capitol who support this hostile takeover, take heed that there is a storm coming. More than just negative feedback or publicity is likely to come your way. Violate your oath of office, and you will most certainly face Veteran Nation’s displeasure and witness the sheer power of our combined alliance of brothers and sisters around the entire state.
Troy Carico is both a former infantry enlisted soldier (11B) and infantry officer with branch qualifications including counterintelligence (35E) and military intelligence (35D). He served with distinction in the U.S. Army for more than 22 years, and is highly decorated and service connected disabled. He also has prior service as a civilian intelligence officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency Great Skills Program and has served in numerous clandestine assignments throughout the world.
Bryan Battaglia U.S. Marines (retired), is a former member of the Alabama State Board of Veteran Affairs and has nearly 37 years on active duty culminating with his assignment as the 2nd Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Armed Forces senior ranking Noncommissioned Officer.
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