High-ranking Biden administration officials privately raised concerns about the former president’s sweeping use of pardons and heavy reliance on an autopen during his final months in office, according to internal emails.

After Biden pardoned his son Hunter on Dec. 1, 2024, the White House scrambled to identify additional recipients for clemency, people familiar with the process told Axios, which reported on Saturday it had obtained the administration emails.

“There was a mad dash to find groups of people that he could then pardon, and then they largely didn’t run it by the Justice Department to vet them,” one source said.

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