Outgoing President Joe Biden has announced a flurry of last-minute pardons for individuals who have clashed with President-elect Donald Trump.
On Monday, hours before leaving the Oval Office, Mr. Biden spoke with Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired General Mark Milley, members of the House committee credited with investigating the January 6 investigation, and members of Congress who had previously testified. and pardoned several Washington, D.C. Metro police officers. committee. According to APBiden feared Trump would seek “revenge” against these individuals.
“Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless service to our country.”
“The issuance of these pardons should not be misconstrued as an admission that individuals engaged in wrongdoing,” Biden said. statement“Acceptance should also not be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any crime.
“Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless service to our country.”
Fauci has been a member of the federal health agency for decades, but in 2020 he issued guidance on mask-wearing, social distancing and lockdowns during the COVID-19 outbreak. He suddenly became famous. But he quickly became a spokesperson for controversial vaccines and troubling government overreach.
fauci retired from the National Institutes of Health in early 2023.
Mr. Trump previously said that in January 2021, as Mr. Trump was leaving office at the end of his first term, the then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff made a “confidential” phone call to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in China. and accused Mr Milley of committing “treason”. Milley later defended the phone call as part of her public responsibility.
Over the next few years, Millie also retired In 2023, Trump hinted thati want to be a dictatorAccording to Who Could Start a War? report. He also reportedly expressed concern that President Trump might target him in the run-up to the 2024 election. Possibility of court martialif he is re-elected.
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