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

Biden said the pardons protect his family against political attacks motivated "solely by a desire to hurt me." It's an extraordinary move that shields members of the Biden family from any efforts by the new administration to prosecute them.

President Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying his family has faced 'unrelenting attacks and threats' motivated by a wish to hurt him.