Schiff, D-Calif., was an outspoken House member at the time and part of the committee that probed the insurrection. Among those also pardoned from the committee were former Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, and Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.

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.

Former President Joe Biden said he was “concerned” about Donald Trump giving preemptive pardons of family members, according to a resurfaced interview from 2020.

There aren't many in politics as predictably appalling as Nancy Pelosi -- but Adam Schiff is close. On a day when newly inaugurated President Donald Trump used his new powers to pardon many of those swept up in the mania that followed the Capitol incursion of January 2021,

WASHINGTON (TNND) — 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.

Before President Biden issued pardons for his family members, the media took aim at President Trump for floating the idea of preemptive pardons before he left office in 2021.

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.

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.

During his final hours in office, President Joe Biden pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members against potential Trump "revenge."

"My family and I are deeply grateful for the President's action today," Milley said in a statement to USA Today provided by a spokesperson.

President Biden preemptively pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, and retired Gen. Mark Milley to protect them from Trump inquiries.

The timing of the clemency actions, should Biden decide to grant them, is likely to be during his final hours in office and could include pre-emptive pardons, sources told NBC News.