Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and members of the Jan. 6 House committee just hours before Donald Trump’s inauguration. Biden made the move to guard against possible “revenge” from Trump’s administration,
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.
Hours before the 47th president takes the oath, some of his highest-profile foes get pre-emptive protection from prosecution.
President Biden noted that the "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing."
President Biden issued pre-emptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and others who may have faced scrutiny under the incoming Trump administration.
The pardons by Biden came as incoming President Trump has repeatedly attacked Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 committee and called for prosecution of his enemies.
During his final hours in office, President Joe Biden pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members against potential Trump "revenge."
President Biden said the pardons are not an "acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing" but rather protect individuals from "unjustified and politically motivated prosectutions."
Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and more just hours before Donald Trump's inauguration.
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
The US president used the final hours of his presidency to issue preemptive pardons to those he described as potentially being a target of "unjustified (and) politically motivated prosecutions".View o