The Hunter Biden pardon was necessary because it was clear that despite his admission of guilt, he was not going to receive a fair punishment. The Republican party leadership was very open in expressing their intentions for him, and had _already_ circumvented the judicial system to give him cruel and unusual punishment.

Would be nice if Trump only pardoned people who the incoming administration explicitly said they would target, after years of constant harassment and misinformation.

I think I would support those pardons even though I think Trump and his family and his cronies are acting the way really bad people act.

Taking the above scenario as license to sell pardons for person gain is such a stretch it looks like bad faith to me.