His presidency was just an hour old when Donald Trump excoriated Joe Biden for pardoning GOP officials who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots—and promised retribution, in the form of salvation.

With just a few hours remaining in his presidency, Joe Biden preemptively pardoned Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and members of the January 6th Committee and their staffs, amid concerns that they would be targets of investigation by the incoming administration.

The pardoned individuals, including Anthony Fauci and Liz Cheney, may lose the ability to invoke their Fifth Amendment privileges when testifying.

Biden made it clear that his decision to preemptively pardon these individuals was no indication of any guilt on their part

Biden issued the pardon of the former committee members including former Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, their staff, Gen. Mark Milley, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, hours before leaving office.

The outgoing president acted to short-circuit incoming President Trump’s stated plans to exact retribution from perceived enemies.

The outgoing president algo pardoned Anthony Fauci and retired Gen. Mark Milley to protect them against potential "revenge" by the Trump administration

President Biden preemptively pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, and retired Gen. Mark Milley to protect them from Trump inquiries.

“Dear President Trump” is the address of the letter, which Trump discovered inside the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office with some assistance from Fox News Senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy.

President Biden's last-minute preemptive pardons of Dr. Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney and Gen. Mark Milley were widely panned on social media on Monday.

President Joe 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 extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential "revenge" by the incoming Trump administration.