Biden administration officials are reportedly mulling whether or not to grant blanket pardons to a laundry list of political allies, a move that, if enacted, would be a tacit admission that the Justice Department has been tainted by politics.

President Joe Biden already brought scrutiny to the prosecutorial process when he issued a blanket pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, that was accompanied by a statement excoriating the Justice Department for even pursuing the charges. Hunter Biden was convicted on tax evasion charges and a felony gun charge.