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.

The nine former members of the January 6 Select Committee, including U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18), reacted to President Joe Biden’s announcement of pardons in a statement issued by Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2), former Chair of the Select Committee and Liz Cheney, former Vice Chair of the of the Committee:

Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney are expressing their gratitude to outgoing President Joe Biden for issuing a pardon for their work on the January 6 Bipartisan Select Committee.

President Biden granted pardons to several prominent public servants Monday who have faced attacks from President-elect Trump in one of his final acts in office. Biden issued pardons for Dr.

President Joe Biden announced a series of last-minute pardons before leaving office Monday, granting preemptive pardons to some family members and other GOP foes, as well as a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey,

A Mississippi Congressman thanked President Joe Biden on Monday for issuing a pardon for his work on the January 6 Bipartisan Select Committee.In the waning hours of his presidency, Biden issued preemptive pardons to Rep.