His pay increase comes as the company continues to vet potential successors.

Both were impeached, and both refused to attend their successors’ swearing-in.

But in the 2023 election the successor to Future Forward, calling itself Move Forward, performed even better than in 2019, winning more seats than any other party.

In the meantime, what Garland did is an example of how seemingly small acts by one administration can make life difficult for its successor.

As one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden on Monday issued pardons to people he suggested might otherwise be targets of "politically motivated prosecutions" under his successor.