His presidency was just an hour old when Donald Trump excoriated Joe Biden for pardoning GOP officials who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots—and promised retribution, in the form of salvation.

Trump took aim at the two former lawmakers hours after former President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

President Donald Trump pivoted quickly from a scripted inauguration speech to venting about losing a "rigged" 2020 election and Biden’s 11th-hour pardons for Liz Cheney, Gen. Mark Milley and Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Liz Cheney was run out of Washington D.C. over her public criticisms and investigation into Donald Trump. Now, she’s calling on other Republicans to step up the same way she did as lawmakers prepare to confirm Trump’s Cabinet picks for his second term.

The Wyoming congressional delegation joined Donald Trump on Monday in slamming President Biden’s final-hour pardons. On his way out of office,

"I think this was a better speech than the one I made upstairs,” Trump said in a second rambling speech that was darker than the first.

President Joe Biden announced a series of last-minute pardons before leaving office Monday, granting preemptive pardons to some family members and other GOP foes, as well as a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey, the late civil rights leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.

Trump took aim at a host of political rivals while promising aggressive action on January 6 prosecutions in a rambling off-the-cuff speech to supporters.

President Biden preemptively pardons to former Gen. Mark Milley, former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney and Sen. Adam Schiff to protect them from Trump inquiries.

The outgoing president algo pardoned Anthony Fauci and retired Gen. Mark Milley to protect them against potential "revenge" by the Trump administration

Hours before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden issued more pardons to ward of potential "revenge" by President-elect Donald Trump.