Oh look, the crypt keeper IS actually capable of using executive power for the rare good action. Do prisoners who had drug charges similar to Hunter's get released? No no, that's just for nepo babies. But at least he'll gesture at amnesty to pretend he's not nakedly abusing that power for it's own sake.
Sure, but the president has a lot of power he can use to control a governor. Both through the legal powers of the presidency and extra-legal methods like sending them a picture of their spouse taken by a predator drone.