Banks, former assistant Watergate special prosecutor, cheered on President Biden for pardoning his son after promising for years that he would do the opposite. In an interview on MSNBC, Wine-Banks encouraged Biden to issue "pre-emptive pardons" for DOJ officials,

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

Legal experts said President Joe Biden's pardon of son Hunter was broad and unusual for not specifying the crimes he was being shielded from.

Calif., called out President Biden for going back on his word and pardoning his son, Hunter, on Wednesday, calling the move "disappointing." Aguilar, who chairs the House Democratic caucus, said he understood Biden's decision "as a father,