Before signing the pardon, Trump said Archer was treated “very unfairly.” White House staff secretary Will Scharf said the “tone and tenor” of the prosecution changed after Archer began to cooperate with congressional investigators in the Biden family inquiry.

President Trump on Tuesday pardoned former first son Hunter Biden’s business partner Devon Archer, who was convicted of swindling an American Indian tribe — saying he was treated “very unfairly.” Archer became a key informant for House Republicans investigating then-President Joe Biden’s role in his family’s foreign business dealings and provided significant information incriminating the elder Biden,

Devon Archer was considered a member of the Biden family until he was prosecuted for defrauding a Native American tribe.