President Joe Biden just made history — the bad kind — with Sunday night’s sweeping Thanksgiving-weekend pardon of his own son, Hunter Biden. (Talk about trying to bury a story.) The outgoing president made this all way harder than it needed to be on himself, his son, and the justice system.

President Joe Biden ’s decision to pardon his son Hunter may have drawn bipartisan criticism, but it doesn’t seem to be causing nearly as much controversy at home. First lady Jill Biden told reporters Monday that she fully supports her husband’s action.

Texas Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett called into MSNBC on Sunday while boarding an airplane, where she offered this comment about President Biden pardoning his son Hunter for all possible federal crimes going back to 2014: "Way to go,

President Joe Biden and his family discussed whether to pardon Hunter Biden during their time together in Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News Monday.

The White House has defended President Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter, after repeatedly insisting he had no plans for such executive clemency. The press secretary said Biden had pardoned his son,

Some Democrats fear that Trump will use the pardon to criticize the justice system and bolster his own efforts to remake it.

Hunter Biden gave an early signal that he believed he would ultimately be pardoned by President Joe Biden, former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Newsweek.

While controversy over presidential pardons has a long history, few have used the constitutionally vested power to pardon family members.

The pardon comes weeks before President Biden leaves office and transfers power to President-elect Donald J. Trump, who spent years attacking Hunter Biden over his legal and personal issues.