Big deal. Federal pardons have been controversial since the get go.
Carter granted amnesty to Vietnam draft dodgers his second day in office. How fair was that to the thousands and thousands of kids that didn't want to go fight that fucked up war either but did. I wonder what the 50K plus families that lost their loved ones over there for no reason thought about that.
Your hero Clinton pardoned 140 people (Pardongate) his last day in office and that list read like a who's who of fucking crooks. Including his own brother.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_pardons_controversy
The list of controversial pardons is exhaustive and it starts with George Washington.
So despite the latest round of 24 hour sensationalism as spun by MSNBC about the evil Donald Trump taking a well deserved jab at Comey and company.... I think a little stroll down memory lane for the last 250 years is in order here before one starts casting stones.