President Joe Biden issued a full and unconditional pardon for his son Hunter Biden Sunday who had been facing criminal convictions in California and Delaware on gun and tax charges—which could have resulted in a prison sentence.

Republicans called President Joe Biden a “liar” for pardoning his son, who was convicted on gun charges and pleaded guilty to tax fraud this summer. The decision comes after the president said that he would "abide by the jury's decision" in an interview ahead of his son's conviction in June,