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

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

The extraordinary actions by the outgoing president reflect America’s tensions as a successor takes office who has said his opponents should be jailed.

President Joe Biden pardoned his brothers and other family members on Monday just moments before President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in Biden

In his final act as president, President Joe Biden pardoned members of his family: his brothers, James and Francis Biden, his sister, Valerie Biden, and their spouses.

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.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned five members of his family, saying he wanted to prevent them from being targeted by "baseless and politically motivated investigations." Those pardoned are his two brothers James and Francis.

Biden announced the pardons in a last batch of clemency decisions just before Donald Trump took the oath of office.