MSNBC analyst Claire McCaskill bemoaned President Biden pardoning his son Hunter after pledging not to because it gives the opposition "some really powerful ammunition."

The White House said on Monday that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter in part because of concern his political opponents would continue to persecute the younger Biden in the future, as a growing chorus of Democrats and Republicans criticized his decision.

The White House is defending President Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, after the President had repeatedly insisted that he had no plans to grant such executive clemency. Biden issued the swee