That’s a relief, I would’ve been worried about his mental capacity if he had pardoned Hunter for not committing a crime.

Usually a pardon is for a conviction with some level of ambiguity or prosecutorial misconduct. Hunter himself admits to the privilege of being pardoned.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5568271-hunter-b...

Trump did it first with Kushner.

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-don...