In his final hours in office, US 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.
In a statement, Biden said the officers “do not deserve to be the target of an unfair and politically motivated prosecution.”
“These are extraordinary circumstances and there is nothing I can do in good conscience,” Biden said. “Baseless and politically motivated investigations wreak havoc on the lives, safety and financial security of targeted individuals and their families.”
Biden’s decision comes after incoming President Donald Trump warned of a list of enemies who have overtaken him politically or attempted to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election and his role in the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021. There is a demand to hold him accountable for his role. ,
Who are those people pardoned by Biden?
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley called Trump a fascist and detailed Trump’s behavior around the January 6 insurrection.
In a statement, Milley said he was “very grateful” to Biden for the pardon, so he would no longer have to worry about “retaliation.”
He said, “After forty-three years of faithful service in uniform to our nation, protecting and defending the Constitution, I do not want to waste the remaining time given to me by God fighting those who want to impeach me for unfairly perceived insults.” May demand retribution.”
Fauci, meanwhile, was the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health for nearly 40 years and was Biden’s chief medical adviser until his retirement in 2022.
He helped coordinate the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and drew Trump’s ire He refused to endorse Trump’s baseless claims about the virus.
dh/nm (AP, AFP)
