With just a few hours remaining in office, President Joe Biden issued a slew of pardons Monday morning to preemptively protect people President-elect Donald Trump had threatened.
Gen. Mark Milley, the now-retired former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commented on the pardon he received in Biden's final hours in office.
President Biden noted that the "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing."
President Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the
Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and more just hours before Donald Trump's inauguration.
President Biden granted pardons to several prominent public servants Monday who have faced attacks from President-elect Trump in one of his final acts in office. Biden issued pardons for Dr.
Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and members of a House committee that investigated the Capitol Hill riot on 6 January 2021 in an unprecedented move aimed at protecting those impacted from potential revenge by the Trump administration.
President Biden preemptively pardons to former Gen. Mark Milley, former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney and Sen. Adam Schiff to protect them from Trump inquiries.
In the wake of sweeping last-minute pardons issued by Biden, Trump issued a cryptic warning, suggesting Biden may have left himself vulnerable.
Donald Trump's blanket relief for Capitol rioters and Joe Biden's preemptive pardons set dangerous precedents for the use of presidential clemency.
The preemptive pardons, described by Biden, aim to prevent the “baseless and politically motivated investigations” that could harm the reputations and finances of those targeted. He emphasized, “Even when individuals have done nothing wrong—and in fact have done the right thing—the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances.