Minutes before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden pardoned his brother, James Biden and other relatives for unspecified crimes.

Biden chose a date nearly six years before the first cases of SARS-CoV-2 were identified, adding an unexpected layer of intrigue to the act of clemency.

The outgoing president issued preemptive pardons to Gen. Mark Milley, former Rep. Liz Cheney, and several others just hours before Donald Trump's inauguration.

In his final hours as president, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the capitol in a sweeping move meant to guard against revenge from incoming president Donald Trump.

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, the late civil rights leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.

Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and more just hours before Donald Trump's inauguration.

The statement stressed that the pardons "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense.

It was just moments before Joe Biden's presidential term ended when he announced pardons for his siblings and their spouses.

Joe Biden in some of his final acts as U.S. president on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired general Mark Milley, House committee members who investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and members of his own family.

During his final hours in office, US President Joe Biden issued a number of pre-emptive pardons to prevent what he called "unjustified... politically motivated prosecutions".

Proclaiming a new American “Golden Age,” Trump consolidated power hours into his new term, wielding massive executive authority in seeking to obliterate large chunks of Joe Biden’s legacy and showing he plans to learn from his first-term failures to pull off a transformational presidency.