Multiple media outlets reported earlier this month that the White House was considering giving pardons to Trump's potential targets ahead of the start of his second term.

Bernie Sanders agrees with Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, to a certain extent. On Sunday (Dec. 15), the Vermont senator sat with NBC News’ Kristen Welker for “Meet the Press,” where he discussed the 46th president’s decision and how it could possibly influence future officeholders going forward.

"It was a very wide-open pardon, which could, under different circumstances, lead to problems in terms of future presidents,'' the liberal senator from Vermont said Sunday.