After years of the Biden Justice Department going after and convicting more than 1,500 people — including older retired grandparents — of misdemeanor activities not related to the riot, Trump pledged during his campaign that he would grant pardons to most defendants.
Just hours before leaving office Monday, Jan. 19, President Joe Biden pardoned potential targets of Donald Trump’s second presidential administration, including Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino.
Schiff, D-Calif., was an outspoken House member at the time and part of the committee that probed the insurrection. Among those also pardoned from the committee were former Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, and Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.
President Biden preemptively pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, and retired Gen. Mark Milley to protect them from Trump inquiries.
Biden made it clear that his decision to preemptively pardon these individuals was no indication of any guilt on their part
President Biden on Monday morning, just hours before President-elect Trump’s inauguration, announced pardons for Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and
Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and more just hours before Donald Trump's inauguration.
Joe Biden ostensibly ran for president more than four years ago promising to bring America back to normalcy. He presented himself as a defender of American political norms.
House Speaker Mike Johnson reacts to Former President Joe Biden pardoning his family members shortly before President Donald Trump was sworn in Monday.
Biden issued sweeping pardons to potential targets of prosecution by the Trump administration. Here's why Trump can't just undo them.
The unprecedented use of pardons by former President Biden on his last day in office coupled with President Trump’s sweeping pardon of violent Jan. 6 offenders on his first has sparked renewed scrutiny of the singular power.