WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's decision to break his word and pardon his son Hunter has spurred a broader discussion about what else he should be doing with the broad clemency powers of the presidency before he leaves office in January, including whether he should be pardoning Donald Trump. Biden on Tuesday ducked questions about his son, ignoring calls for him to explain his reversal as he was making his first presidential trip to Angola . He dismissed shouted questions about the matter with a laugh during a meeting with Angolan President João Lourenço at the presidential palace, telling the Angolan delegation: “Welcome to America.” Biden was not scheduled to take questions from the press during his trip to Africa, and he has largely avoided interactions with reporters since President-elect Trump’s victory last month. Biden’s decision to offer his son a blanket pardon for actions over the past 11 years has sparked a political uproar in Washington, after the president repeatedly had said he would not use his extraordinary powers for the benefit of his family. Biden claimed that the Justice Department had presided over a “miscarriage of justice” in prosecuting his son, using some of the same language that Trump uses to describe his own legal predicaments. Biden's reversal drew criticism from many Democrats , who are working to calibrate their approach to Trump as he prepares to take over the Oval Office in seven weeks. There is concern the pardon — and Biden's claims that his son was prosecuted for political reasons — will erode their ability to push back on the incoming president’s legal moves. And it has threatened to cloud Biden's legacy as he prepares to leave office on Jan. 20. Hunter Biden is the closest presidential relative ever to be granted clemency, but other leaders have pardoned family members and close friends. Bill Clinton pardoned his brother Roger for drug charges after Roger Clinton had served his sentence. By the time Trump left office after his first term, he had issued 144 pardons, which included Charles Kushner , the father of his son-in law, Jared Kushner. He also pardoned fervent supporters Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn and other people convicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. In the months after the 2020 election, Trump and his allies were trying to overturn his loss, a failed effort that culminated in the violent riot by his supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. There were discussions at the time over whether Trump would preemptively pardon some of those involved in the effort — and maybe even himself — before he left office. But that never happened. Now, Democrats are having similar discussions about preemptive pardons on their side because of Trump's rhetoric on the campaign trail. He's made no secret of his desire to seek revenge on those who prosecuted him or crossed him. He talks about "enemies from within." He's circulated social media posts that call for the jailing of Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former Vice President Mike Pence and Sens. Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer. He's also taken aim at Liz Cheney, a conservative Republican who campaigned for Harris, promoting a social media post that suggested he wanted military tribunals to punish her because she was guilty of treason. Sen. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said last week on Boston Public Radio that Biden might consider broad pardons to protect people against whatever wrath Trump may seek, but also as a way to move the country past this acrimonious and divided time. “I think that without question, Trump is going to try to act in a dictatorial way, in a fascistic way, in a revengeful first year at least of his administration toward individuals who he believes harmed him,” Markey said. Presidents enjoy expansive pardon powers when it comes to federal crimes . That includes granting clemency to people who have not yet been charged, as President Gerald Ford did in 1974 when he pardoned his predecessor, Richard Nixon, over the Watergate scandal. The decision at the time caused an uproar but has been seen in the ensuing decades as a move that helped restore order. Markey cited Ford's pardon as a way for the country “just to close that chapter and move on to a new era.” Biden could do the same, Markey said, to help the country move on “to an agenda that deals with the ordinary families.” Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrat-turned-independent from West Virginia, took it a step further and suggested Biden should even pardon Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, federal charges that are now evaporating with Trump's upcoming return to the White House. “Why don't you go ahead and pardon Donald Trump for all his charges?" he said in an interview with CNN. “It would have gone down a lot more balanced. I'm just saying, wipe them out.” At the same time, Democratic lawmakers and criminal justice reformers are pushing Biden to grant pardons to broad groups of Americans. Democrats Ayanna Pressley, Jim Clyburn and Mary Gay Scanlon wrote to Biden on Nov. 20, asking him to use his clemency powers to "address longstanding injustices in our legal system, and set our nation on the path toward ending mass incarceration.” The letter, also signed by 61 others, suggested Biden could use his powers to send a powerful message of criminal justice reform and "rectify unjust and unnecessary criminal laws passed by Congress and draconian sentences given by judges.” “We encourage you to use your clemency powers to help broad classes of people and cases, including the elderly and chronically ill, those on death row, people with unjustified sentencing disparities, and women who were punished for defending themselves against their abusers,” they wrote. So far, Biden has pardoned 25 people. Most presidents tend to grant a flurry of clemency requests at the end of their terms, and it's likely Biden will do the same. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has said Biden is “thinking through that process very thoroughly.” Weissert reported from Luanda, Angola.LJI Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Alphabet Inc. ( NASDAQ:GOOGL – Free Report ) by 21.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,622 shares of the information services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,322 shares during the quarter. LJI Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $1,264,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Heritage Investment Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Alphabet by 23.8% in the third quarter. Heritage Investment Group Inc. now owns 2,828 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $469,000 after acquiring an additional 544 shares during the period. KPP Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Alphabet by 2.2% in the third quarter. KPP Advisory Services LLC now owns 13,457 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $2,232,000 after acquiring an additional 285 shares during the period. RIA Advisory Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the third quarter worth $478,000. Maxwell Wealth Strategies Inc. increased its stake in shares of Alphabet by 20.5% in the third quarter. Maxwell Wealth Strategies Inc. now owns 29,278 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $4,970,000 after acquiring an additional 4,982 shares during the period. Finally, Paragon Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Alphabet by 2.0% in the third quarter. Paragon Advisors LLC now owns 24,611 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $4,082,000 after acquiring an additional 473 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 40.03% of the company’s stock. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $217.00 price objective (up previously from $215.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Seaport Res Ptn raised shares of Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Roth Mkm increased their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $206.00 to $212.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Pivotal Research increased their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $215.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $210.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-one have given a buy rating and five have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $205.90. Insider Buying and Selling at Alphabet In other Alphabet news, insider John Kent Walker sold 21,467 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.35, for a total value of $3,442,233.45. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 39,334 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,307,206.90. The trade was a 35.31 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website . Also, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 682 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.44, for a total transaction of $109,420.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 32,017 shares in the company, valued at $5,136,807.48. This represents a 2.09 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . In the last three months, insiders have sold 206,795 shares of company stock valued at $34,673,866. 11.55% of the stock is owned by company insiders. Alphabet Stock Performance Shares of Alphabet stock opened at $168.95 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $168.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $170.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.07 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.41, a PEG ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.03. Alphabet Inc. has a 12 month low of $127.90 and a 12 month high of $191.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 1.95 and a quick ratio of 1.95. Alphabet ( NASDAQ:GOOGL – Get Free Report ) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.12 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.29. The business had revenue of $88.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $72.85 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 27.74% and a return on equity of 31.66%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.55 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.01 earnings per share for the current year. Alphabet Announces Dividend The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 9th will be paid a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 9th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.47%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio is currently 10.61%. Alphabet Profile ( Free Report ) Alphabet Inc offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. 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Navarro-Cárdenas, 52, took to X on Monday to list other presidents who used their power to pardon those closest to them, after Biden made a shocking U-turn over the weekend by letting his son off - despite previously saying he wouldn't. She mentioned how Bill Clinton pardoned his brother, Roger, and Donald Trump did the same with his daughter's father-in-law, Charles Kushner, who he recently nominated to be the Ambassador to France . 'But tell me again how Joe Biden “is setting precedent?"' she wrote. But the host made a blunder when she opened her post with the statement: 'Woodrow Wilson pardoned his brother-in-law, Hunter deButts.' Wilson does not appear to be related to anyone named Hunter deButts, as online sleuth Zach Parkinson discovered when he went on a deep dive on X . '45,000 likes on this post, but no one seems to have noticed that the first example is fake,' he wrote on Tuesday morning. Since then, a Community Note has been added to her post, stating: 'There is no evidence that Woodrow Wilson had a brother-in-law named "Hunter DeButts." The View 's Ana Navarro-Cárdenas made an embarrassing blunder while trying to defend President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter Biden 'But tell me again how Joe Biden “is setting precedent?"' she tweeted about Hunter's pardoning (picturing: Hunter Biden) Despite being very active on X since tweeting in defense of Biden, Navarro-Cárdenas has yet to retract or even edit her post, which has been since by more than 400,000 users 'While at least one person by that name was living during Wilson's presidency, there is nothing to suggest any relation, or that they were pardoned—the only result is this tweet.' Despite being very active on X since tweeting in defense of Biden, Navarro-Cárdenas has yet to retract or edit her post, which had more than 2.4 million views as of late Tuesday afternoon. When his administration was asked countless times before if Biden would pardon his trouble son, they had repeatedly said he wouldn't . However, Biden made the shock announcement Sunday night that he would issue a presidential pardon for Hunter, calling his prosecution 'selective' and 'unfair.' The bombshell U-turn decision will see Hunter get pardoned for any crimes he may have committed 'from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.' Biden, himself, said as recently as June that, unlike Trump who has outright said he wants to pardon January 6 rioters . 'From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department's decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,' Biden said in a statement. The president claimed that people are 'almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form... It is clear that Hunter was treated differently.' Wilson does not appear to be related to anyone named Hunter deButts, as online sleuth Zach Parkinson discovered when he went on a deep dive on X Biden made the shock announcement Sunday night that he would issue a presidential pardon for his troubled son Hunter, calling his prosecution 'selective' and 'unfair' Biden raged against 'several of my political opponents in Congress' who he claimed made the charges a public spectacle 'to attack me and oppose my election.' He added that the plea deal Hunter, who has since pledged to 'make amends' for his crimes , agreed to with the Department of Justice was a 'fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter's cases.' But that deal fell through at the last minute under political pressure. 'No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter's cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because is my son - and that is wrong,' he continued. Biden said that there had been an effort to 'break Hunter' and destroy what he says is five-and-a-half years of sobriety. 'In trying to break Hunter, they've tried to break me - and there's no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough.' The president didn't shy away from pointing out that the love of his son guided his decision-making, but stressed that he was being 'fair-minded.' 'Here's the truth: I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice - and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further.' Hunter was last seen on holiday with his father and the rest of the Bidens on Nantucket in Rhode Island. 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