President Donald Trump has called the riot that interrupted congressional ratification of Joe Biden's election four years ago "a heinous attack on the

Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responded to President Joe Biden issuing him a preemptive pardon on Monday.

While leaving the White House for the final time to get into a waiting vehicle, Biden awkwardly stroked the hand of the (male) Secret Service agent holding the car door open. President Biden and President-elect Trump have departed the White House. Biden in the Presidential motorcade for the last time as President. @FOX4 pic.twitter.com/vEpKD42nFI

Outgoing President Joe Biden issued a slate of pardons Monday for people who may have been targets of President-elect Donald Trump's Justice Department.

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter In the final moment of his presidency on Monday, President Joe Biden issued pardons to several close family members as well as several Trump critics. (per ABC NEWS.)

Donald Trump will take the oath of office saying he returns to the presidency “confident and optimistic” it's the start of “a thrilling new era of national success.”

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in an extraordinary use of the powers of the presidency in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration.

Trump took aim at the two former lawmakers hours after former President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

WASHINGTON: Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who had been serving prison sentences for participating in the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol were freed on Tuesday (Jan 21), after the new president pardoned more than 1,

Donald Trump described the imprisoned January 6 rioters as "hostages" and ordered that all pending criminal cases against Capitol riot defendants be dropped.

President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned several people he said could be unfairly prosecuted during the Trump administration.