President Joe Biden issued a slew of pardons to pre-emptively protect former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Jan. 6 committee and police officers who testified before that panel.
In the last hours of serving as the 46th president, Biden issued a preemptive pardon to several political figures who were at risk of criminal investigation.
President Biden has issued a preemptive pardon to Anthony Fauci, Joint Chiefs of Staff of Mark Milley and members of the Congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol. Fauci was the director of the National Insitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the Covid pandemic.
Just before leaving office on 24 January, President Joe Biden announced a pre-emptive pardon for Anthony Fauci and other high ranking officials, forgiving them for any misdeeds they might have committed.
"My family and I are deeply grateful for the President's action today," Milley said in a statement to USA Today provided by a spokesperson.
Some of those preemptive pardons include Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former chief medical advisor to the president, who served amidst the COVID pandemic as well as General Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who was appointed by ...
President Biden preemptively pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, and retired Gen. Mark Milley to protect them from Trump inquiries.
Milley was the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who called Trump a fascist and criticized Trump's behavior during the Jan. 6 2021 riot.
Hours before the 47th president takes the oath, some of his highest-profile foes get pre-emptive protection from prosecution.
President Biden on Monday morning, just hours before President-elect Trump’s inauguration, announced pardons for Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and
As one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden has granted pardons to several people who have faced threats of prosecution from Biden's political opponents. The post ‘The lifeblood of our democracy’: Biden issues last-minute pardons to Fauci,
President Biden noted that the "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing."