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,

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.

"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.

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.

Biden made it clear that his decision to preemptively pardon these individuals was no indication of any guilt on their part

With just hours remaining in office, the president issued the pardons to protect people Donald Trump had threatened.

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.

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.

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.

Several prominent Californian politicians were in attendance at the Capitol for the swearing-in, including former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was there, and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino, a member of the Democratic House leadership, helped lead colleagues into the Rotunda for the ceremony.