He was supposed to be a non-partisan staff memeber:

In my time as the pardon attorney, I led a team of approximately 40 lawyers and others whose sole job was to scrutinize applications for clemency. My tenure began during Mr. Biden’s administration and continued into the early weeks of Mr. Trump’s second term, but almost as soon as he took office, it became clear that my counsel was not wanted.

On Inauguration Day, I read the news that he had pardoned about 1,500 people accused of crimes in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Though I had not been consulted, my staff and I were still expected to begin facilitating the releases of all those incarcerated. Over the next three days, 27 more pardons were granted, all without even a nod to the traditional role of the Justice Department in advising the president on pardons.