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

Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and more just hours before Donald Trump's inauguration.

President Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, former chief medical adviser to the president; General Mark A. Milley, and members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. President Joe Biden issued pre-emptive pardons on Monday for people Republican successor Donald Trump has targeted for retaliation, including former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and former White House chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci.

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

Joe Biden in some of his final acts as U.S. president on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired general Mark Milley, House committee members who investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and members of his own family.

In the final hours of his presidency, Joe Biden has also pardoned retired general Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

Biden's decision comes after Trump warned of an enemies list filled with those who've crossed him politically.

It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the IRS and losing federal pensions.

“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.

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