Former President Joe Biden provoked outrage late last year when he provided his son with a blanket pardon for all criminal offenses.

Yet despite being shielded from prosecution, Republicans insist that Hunter Biden's pardon will not stop investigations from continuing. 

Jim Jordan says House Judiciary Committee will "need to look at David Weiss"

According to The Hill, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan made that point during an interview with Politico on Thursday.

Specifically, Jordan said that his committee will "need to look at David Weiss," the former special counsel who was tasked with investigating the president's son.

"There will be some additional work we need to do, I think, there because when we deposed him, he wasn’t willing to — he didn’t answer any questions, really, because it was [an] ongoing investigation," Jordan complained.

Jordan also criticized Hunter Biden's pardon, stressing that "a lot of Americans didn't" agree with the decision to issue it. Nevertheless, he acknowledged that "the president can pardon anyone he wants to pardon."

The Ohio Republican lawmaker presented a similar message in a social media post not long after the pardon was issued.

Pardon could stop Hunter Biden from asserting his Fifth Amendment rights

"Democrats said there was nothing to our impeachment inquiry," Jordan wrote on X. "If that’s the case, why did Joe Biden just issue Hunter Biden a pardon for the very things we were inquiring about?"

Yet as Fox News noted, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer acknowledged in December that the pardon could ultimately aid the House Judiciary Committee in its investigative activities.

This is because Hunter Biden's pardon may deprive him of the ability to use his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in order to avoid answering questions.

Comer mentioned that possibility while speaking with Newsmax TV's "National Report," saying, "I look forward to talking to Attorney General Bondi about this."

Former president's son could still face prosecution for state crimes

Newsweek reported that this prospect was also highlighted in a social media post from criminal defense attorney Kevin Adams.

"The upside to Joe Biden's pardon is that Hunter Biden no longer enjoys the right to assert his 5th Amendment Right against self incrimination and contempt of Congress is also a crime," he wrote.

Still, Fox News pointed out that Hunter Biden's pardon only protects him from being prosecuted by federal authorities, meaning that he might still be liable for state crimes.