Former President Joe Biden granted blanket pardons to five family members in the last hour of his presidency, the final acts of clemency that also included sweeping pardons for members of Congress who investigated Trump’s role in the assault on the Capitol four years ago.

Shielding people who have never officially been accused of any wrongdoing and conducting a jail break for insurrectionists are not equivalent acts.

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

In his final act as president, President Joe Biden pardoned members of his family: his brothers, James and Francis Biden, his sister, Valerie Biden, and their spouses.

Biden Monday issued several preemptive pardons, some to family members. Following the transition of power, Trump wielded his own clemency power.

Watch as President Trump is sworn in to serve as the 47th president as he takes the presidential oath administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. President Donald Trump criticized his predecessor’s preemptive pardons to the Jan.

President Joe Biden pardoned his brother James and other relatives for unspecified crimes, to protect them from Trump administration investigations.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned five members of his family, saying he wanted to prevent them from being targeted by "baseless and politically motivated investigations." Those pardoned are his two brothers James and Francis.