President Joe Biden drew widespread condemnation earlier this month when he issued a blanket pardon to his son Hunter Biden.

Yet in a bombshell, the congressman who led an investigation into the events of January 6 just said that he wouldn't mind a pardon for himself. 

Rep. Bennie Thompson "would accept" a pardon if Biden offered

As The Hill noted, Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson was made chair of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

During an interview on Thursday, Thompson told CNN host Jim Acosta that he "would accept" a preemptive pardon should Biden offer one.

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Democrat Congressman Bennie Thompson @BennieGThompson , who chaired the Jan. 6 committee, told CNN he “would accept” a preemptive pardon from Joe Biden: “It’s Biden’s prerogative. If he offers it to me – or other members of the committee – I think, I would accept it. But… https://t.co/MCrOEcE0Fx pic.twitter.com/1cBWt400Pi

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"The president, it's his prerogative," Thompson said of the decision to grant a pardon. "If he offers it, to me or other members of the committee, I think it, I would accept it, but it’s his choice."

Thompson: "We've not done anything wrong"

"But to be honest with you, Jim, we've not done anything wrong," the Mississippi lawmaker said of his fellow committee members.

"What we did was, in fact, what the law prescribed, what the resolution we were given, and we’re comfortable with our report. There's nothing that we omitted in the report or anything like that," Thompson declared.

"Being in disagreement with a person is not a reason to lock them up. This is the House, where we debate issues, where we debate laws," he insisted.

"Sometimes you’re right, sometimes you’re wrong. That doesn’t mean you’re illegal, and it doesn’t mean that because you’re wrong in the eyes of someone, you should go to jail," Thompson went on to declare.

Trump said committee members "should go to jail"

Thompson's remarks came days after Trump suggested to NBC News host Kristen Welker that those who sat on the January 6 committee "should go to jail."

In addition to mentioning Thompson by name, Trump also singled out former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney.

Cheney is known as an ardent critic of Trump and even went so far as to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of this year's election.

During the interview with Welker, Trump once again reiterated his intention to pardon those accused of participating in the riot on Capitol Hill.