It was just moments before Joe Biden's presidential term ended when he announced pardons for his siblings and their spouses.

Former Biden White House official Kate Bedingfield criticized the last-minute pardons that President Biden granted just before leaving office on Monday.

Minutes before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden pardoned his brother, James Biden and other relatives for unspecified crimes.

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

President Joe Biden has pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt him."

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

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.

In his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued a pardon to a prominent Kentucky Democrat convicted years ago on election finance violations.

"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin slammed former President Biden's decision to issue last-second pardons of his family on Tuesday, arguing it hurts his legacy.