President Biden, hours before leaving office, used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted for reprisals by his successor, including Mark A. Milley, Anthony S. Fauci and Liz Cheney. President Biden moved on Monday to guard some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s most high-profile adversaries against a promised campaign of “retribution” by issuing pre-emptive pardons that would make it harder if not impossible for the next administration to prosecute them. Among those receiving pre-emptive pardons were Gen. Mark A.

President Joe Biden has granted pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and members of Congress and staff who served on the Jan. 6 Select Committee. The sweeping clemency also extends to police officers who testified before the committee investigating the 2021 Capitol attack. Fauci, the former chief medical adviser, and Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had faced scrutiny from political opponents over their roles during the Trump administration. The move is expected to draw sharp reactions from political opponents and supporters alike. This...

WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden on Monday issued blanket preemptive pardons for potential targets of President-elect Donald Trump in an unprecedented move to shield some of the incoming president's top foes from criminal prosecution. Those issued pardons include Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and the lawmakers and staffers from the House committee that investigated the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. Those lawmakers include former GOP Reps. Liz Cheney...

In the last hours of serving as the 46th president, Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon to several political figures at risk of criminal investigation under the second Trump administration. With President-elect Donald Trump set to take the oath of office just four hours later, the Biden White House released a statement detailing recipients of a preemptive pardon, which included his former Chief Medical Advisor Anthony Fauci, former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and “the members and staff of the Select Committee to Investigate the January...

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. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who led the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic response, and retired Gen. Mark Milley, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The president also pardoned members and staff of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. “These public servants have served our nation...

President Joe Biden has granted pardons to people his successor threatened to punish, fending off potential retribution by President-elect Donald Trump against those he perceived as political enemies.

Those pardoned include retired General Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci and members of Congress who served on the select committee investigation the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.