The president issued a “full and unconditional pardon” Sunday to his son, Hunter Biden, marking a reversal from his repeated claims that he would not pardon his son. In reacting to Biden’s pardon, Mills suggested the president believed his power as president could have affected his son’s conviction back in June, pointing to how Biden influenced the convictions of President-elect Donald Trump in his legal battles. 

“This has been a continuation of a weaponization, and we talk about putting the finger on the scale of justice, but what’s really happened is that under this administration, they have tossed out the scales of justice and gotten rid of our Constitutional Republic’s rule of law for this idea of a weaponization of federal government in an effort to try to politicize or go after your opponents,” Mills said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First.

Mills then argued that due to Hunter Biden’s conviction not going as the president originally planned, Joe Biden opted to move forward with his “two-tiered justice system” with his pardon. The Florida representative argued that the president’s son received a sweeping pardon despite lying on an application for a federal firearm license, which could give a person up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

“And so he’s continued to try and go ahead and bail his son out instead of doing what’s right, which is allowing the scale of justice to rule,” Mills said.

The representative concluded his thoughts by deeming the Biden family “one of the most corrupt families” to ever live in the White House.

Mills also addressed Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel for FB director, calling him “a fantastic nomination” who would reform the agency. Patel is a close friend of the lawmaker, who spoke to Patel “immediately after” the nomination and expressed enthusiasm for both his and Pam Bondi’s nomination for U.S. attorney general.

Other Republicans have also expressed excitement over Patel’s nomination, with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) celebrating how Trump’s Cabinet will end “the deep state” within the government. He added that the FBI’s reputation is “so tarnished” and that it will take someone like Patel to rebuild its lost trust among the public.