"The President's actions are an outrageous insult to our justice system," the former House speaker said in a statement.
Speaker Johnson is all about looking forward, which is why the House is reinvestigating the assault on the Capitol.
Biden Monday issued several preemptive pardons, some to family members. Following the transition of power, Trump wielded his own clemency power.
While the Capitol Rotunda was filled with members of both houses of Congress, one prominent member who was not there was speaker emerita Nancy Pelosi. A spokesperson told NBC News Pelosi would not be attending the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Pelosi described Trump's pardon of January 6 rioters as "shameful" and "an outrageous insult to our justice system."
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is one of several Democrats who won't be attending President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday said she was disappointed in former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., over the role Pelosi played in the president dropping out of the 2024 race.
President Trump was sworn into office for a second time on Monday before an audience in the Capitol that included his predecessor, former President Biden, as well as former Presidents Obama,
Nancy Pelosi's daughter Alexandra called out first lady Jill Biden and said she should think about her husband's legacy, before calling her "Lady McBiden."
President Donald Trump is acting on his campaign promises at the fastest clip in modern memory — sending almost hourly shockwaves through the government, the legal system, the science community and around the world.
President Donald Trump littered a Wednesday interview on Fox News with many of the same false claims he made earlier in his first three days back in the White House.