Former Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor addressed former President Biden's last-minute pardons and the future of the Democratic Party on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.'

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

The relatives who were granted clemency in the final minutes of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency had not been charged with wrongdoing, but some had drawn scrutiny.

RCP's Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon, Monday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, discussed the implications of President Biden pardoning five members of his family on his way out of the White House.

President Trump criticized former President Biden for pardoning several members of his family during his last moments as commander in chief. “That makes him look very guilty,” Trump said while speaking to reporters late Monday in the Oval Office as he signed a number of executive orders.

President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for prominent critics of President-elect Donald Trump and members of his own family, using extraordinary executive prerogative as a shield against revenge by his incoming successor.

My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me—the worst kind of partisan politics.  Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end.

Biden Monday issued several preemptive pardons, some to family members. Following the transition of power, Trump wielded his own clemency power.