Both President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden have issued pardons, but Trump's "pardon czar" explained some of the key differences between the pardons in a recent interview.

According to Fox News, Alice Marie Johnson, Trump's primary pardon specialist, explained that while Biden had received credit for commuted sentences, most of those people are still in prison and families were "not restored." 

She pointed out that Trump not only commuted sentences, but families were also restored.

Biden made headlines in his final days for several pardons, including pardoning some of his own family members, which many believe was a highly controversial, if not ethically unsound, move.

What did she say?

Johnson explained the differences between Trump's pardons and Biden's pardons.

"Unlike some of the sentences that President Biden received a lot of credit for, is that he commuted all of these sentences, but most of these people are still in prison," Johnson said during a Fox News interview. "He reduced them, but he didn't really restore any families."

She added, "President Trump commuted sentences and families were restored."

Johnson explained the process of how pardons work under the Trump administration and what they tend to look for when searching for candidates for pardons.

"I look for those who are still in prison, and some of those, their cases are so absolutely terrible that those laws are not even in effect anymore — I think those individuals would be worthy of a pardon."

"And then you have people who have made good use of their freedom, and I've had so many who have been such a pillar in their communities," Johnson explained.

What they look for?

Johnson went on to explain that they also look for people who have made the most of their second chance at freedom as a determining factor in whether or not they can be eligible for a pardon.

Fox News noted:

Johnson is a former prisoner who was pardoned by Trump during his first administration. Trump commuted Johnson's life sentence for nonviolent drug trafficking in 2018 after she served 21 years in an Alabama prison.

Trump made a splash of his own on the pardon front upon entering office, as he announced pardons for a large portion of the Jan. 6 defendants.

Only time will tell who else Trump pardons during his time in office.