United States President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter for his drug and tax convictions has attracted a great deal of debate and controversy amongst Democrats and Republicans alike. But this is not the first controversial pardon by a president;

Targeting of critics came up in Andreessen's discussion with Rogan. Andreessen related that his business partner Ben Horowitz's father, conservative writer David Horowitz, has been debanked—denied financial services by one or more banks—as has one of his employees, "for having the wrong politics."