The White House Press Secretary held a briefing Friday for the first time since President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden.

The President's spokeswoman, Karine Jean-Pierre, was met with questions about the controversial pardon after she said multiple times on that Biden would not pardon his son.

Jean-Pierre defended Biden for his decision, saying the circumstances have changed.

"The fact is, when you think about how the president got to this decision, circumstances have changed, they have," Jean-Pierre said.

She blamed Republicans who she said were "not going to let up" as Hunter Biden's sentencing for his trial conviction in his gun case was coming up.

She cited Biden's pardon and said that the President felt Hunter and his family had been through enough.

"He wrestled with these circumstances, with these changing circumstances, ultimately, and the combination of that the president changing his mind and issuing this pardon," she added.

In July, Jean-Pierre told reporters "It's a no" when asked if Biden would .

A reporter asked Jean-Pierre if she felt she owed Americans an apology.

An apology wasn't provided, instead, Jean-Pierre repeated defending Biden, saying "I laid out the President's thinking."

"He talked about how difficult it was to make this decision. He thought about it this weekend, he did, He wrestled with it, and there are some factors that he took into consideration and that's why I keep saying, 'Folk, take a look, read his statement' and um I know what I said, I know what the President said, that is where we were at the time, that's where the President was at the time, I am his spokesperson," she responded.

Since Biden issued the pardon on , there have been questions about his already teetering legacy.