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.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) sharply criticized President Trump for issuing a sweeping pardon to nearly all defendants charged in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Schiff, a

Lawmakers who served on the House committee investigating Trump's actions tied to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot have been split about the importance of a preemptive pardon.

"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.

California Senator Adam Schiff reacts to former President Biden's preemptive pardons, as well as President Donald Trump's pardoning of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants.

U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) issued a statement on the swearing-in of President Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States.