President Joe Biden issued pardons to several close family members Monday in the final minutes of his presidency.

President Joe Biden pardoned his family members, including his businessman brother James and political adviser sister Valerie, in his final moments in office before Donald Trump returned to power. Biden justified his preemptive pardons,

President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for prominent critics of President-elect Donald Trump and members of his own family, using extraordinary executive prerogative as a shield against revenge by his incoming successor.

Biden issued blanket pardons for his brother James and his wife, Sara, his sister Valerie and her husband, John Owens, and his brother Francis.

Biden announced the pardons in a last batch of clemency decisions just before Donald Trump took the oath of office.

President Trump criticized former President Biden for pardoning several members of his family during his last moments as commander in chief. “That makes him look very guilty,” Trump said while speaking to reporters late Monday in the Oval Office as he signed a number of executive orders.

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President Donald Trump hinted in an interview that aired Wednesday that President Joe Biden could still face prosecution, noting the former president did not issue himself a preemptive pardon. “The funny thing,

Joe Biden had issued pre-emptive pardons for his siblings and their spouses saying that they had been subject to “attacks” to hurt him