Former top Biden adviser Anita Dunn: President's timing of son Hunter's pardon 'exceptionally poor'

One of President Joe Biden’s former top communications advisers, Anita Dunn, is criticizing his pardoning of his son Hunter, arguing the timing was "exceptionally" poor and questioning his commitment to the "rule of law." 

“In the middle of a Kash Patel weekend, kind of throwing this into the middle of it was exceptionally poor timing," said Wednesday, referring to President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 1 nominating Patel to be FBI director. 

She also said: "The argument is one that I think many observers are concerned about: A president who ran to restore the rule of law, who has upheld the rule of law, who has really defended the rule of law kind of saying, ‘Well, maybe not right now.'”

The rule of law is a political ideal that all people and institutions are accountable to the same laws that is often summarized as "no one is above the law."

Dunn made her arguments during a discussion with New York Times reporter and CNN contributor Maggie Haberman published on Wednesday.

Hunter Biden faced sentencing this month for federal tax and gun convictions. In pardoning him, the president reneged on repeated promise that he would not. 

“I do not agree with the way it was done," Dunn continued. "I don’t agree with the timing, and I don’t agree, frankly, with the attack on our judicial system."

Dunn later said she said disagreed with "the argument, and sort of, the rationale" of the pardon in general.