President Joe Biden recently made several false and inaccurate claims to defend his controversial decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden.

President Joe Biden acknowledged that his decision to pardon Hunter may set a bad precedent in a new interview before his exit from the White House, but insisted that “two factors” convinced him that his own Justice Department had overstepped in prosecuting his son.

Despite the controversy surrounding them, presidential pardons can provide a service – the question is how they are used.

Alexander Smirnov falsely claimed to his FBI handler that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Biden and his son $5 million each around 2015.

Alexander Smirnov, a dual U.S. and Israeli citizen, pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles federal court to charges of tax evasion and lying to the FBI.