Fox & Friends Weekend hosts expressed concerns about President Biden\u2019s decision to commute the sentence of Michael T. Conahan, a former Pennsylvania judge involved in the \u201ckids for cash\u201d scandal. Conahan, convicted in 2011 for accepting kickbacks in exchange for sentencing juveniles to private detention facilities, had his sentence reduced despite the scheme\u2019s devastating effects, including a young man\u2019s suicide. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro criticized Biden\u2019s decision. Columnist Salena Zito described the scandal as profound, emphasizing the tragic consequences. Biden\u2019s decision follows significant criticism, including from Democrats, after pardoning his son, Hunter Biden, for tax-related offenses. Hunter Biden\u2019s pardon, covering offenses from 2016 to 2019, also drew criticism for its timing and political implications, despite no evidence of selective prosecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fox & Friends Weekend hosts expressed concerns about President Biden\u2019s decision to commute the sentence of Michael T. Conahan, a former Pennsylvania judge involved in the \u201ckids for cash\u201d scandal. Conahan, convicted in 2011 for accepting kickbacks in exchange for sentencing juveniles to private detention facilities, had his sentence reduced despite the scheme\u2019s devastating effects,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n