The “full and unconditional pardon” covers any alleged offenses by Hunter Biden since the start of 2014, including—but not limited to—his felony conviction for lying on a federal gun form and his guilty plea for felony tax violations.

The pardon marks a reversal from June, when the president ruled out using his pardoning power on his son.

The president said Hunter Biden was “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” arguing in a statement the charges “came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election,” and arguing there “has been an effort to break Hunter – who has been five and a half years sober.”

The president claimed it’s extremely rare for the DOJ to bring prosecutions solely for making misstatements on a gun form (in Hunter Biden’s case, prosecutors say he falsely claimed he wasn’t addicted to drugs when he filled out a federal firearm form).

The older Biden also said the tax charges singled out his son, arguing the DOJ typically doesn’t criminally prosecute people “who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions, but paid them back subsequently with interest and penalties” (the federal indictment alleges Hunter “chose not to pay” his taxes, even after becoming sober).