If I stole $100,000 from you and then went to prison. It is not mercy to pardon me. What about you? Now if he paid you $500,000 and you in turn said you had been made whole then sure, you can let me out of prison and that is mercy.
This "pardon" is not mercy.
There are many, many people who were harmed by these events with Hunter and to "pardon" him for it while ignoring the harm he did, that is not mercy, that is sin.
It is mercy, even the pardon implies he erred, we all know he's guilty, we all know he's a screw up, but he is being pardoned of his offenses. Do you really expect a father to destroy his only son? I sure don't. Even David mourned Absalom and would have spared his life after all that evil Absalom did in usurping him for but a brief moment, but it is like Joab that pursues blood forever even after the battle is already won. There is a bigger picture here than endlessly destroying our own people, we have a kingdom to run and it is still in a fragile position after the democrats' fallen reign and coup.
