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.

The nine former members of the January 6 Select Committee appeared to accept preemptive pardons issued by former President Biden

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called his preemptive pardon from former President Biden, announced Monday for all past members of the now-defunct House. Jan. 6 committee in the final moments of his presidency,

Sacramento Bee President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons to Sen. Adam Schiff and other members of Congress and their staff who had investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots. Schiff, D-Calif.

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell speaks to California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a former member of the House Jan. 6 Select Committee, about Donald Trump's blanket pardons for those convicted for their actions in the January 6 Capitol riot.

In the final minutes of his term, Biden pardoned Kinzinger and other members of the Select Committee on the January 6th Attack. "I am not nervous, I'm not scared, and I will not back down," Kinzinger said.

Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called his preemptive pardon ... Other members included then-Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), Elaine Luria (D-Va.) and Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), current Reps.

Among those also pardoned from the committee were former Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, and Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill. Schiff did not want the pardon. “I don’t think a preemptive pardon makes sense ...