President Joe Biden ’s decision to issue a sweeping pardon of his son Hunter Biden has set off backlash from Republicans and some Democrats. Although President-elect Donald Trump did not quite lean into criticism of Biden’s pardon in the way his fellow Republicans did, his campaign team did seize on the decision to raise funds.

Joe Biden’s broad reprieve for his son gives the president-elect new rationale for even more expansive pardons than those he issued in his first term.