It just gives the American people a sense that there’s one system for the rich and powerful and one system for everyone else,” said Sen. Michael Bennet.

President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden on Sunday, sparing him from a possible prison sentence for federal gun and tax convictions. The president previously said he would not pardon his son.

The convictions—on firearms charges and tax evasion—marked the first criminal prosecution of a child of the sitting U.S. president.

After being pardoned, Hunter Biden says he will 'never take the clemency I have been given today for granted.'