Hours before Donald Trump’s Inauguration ceremony, President Joe Biden granted pardons to several public servants, who have faced attacks from the incoming President
President Biden pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and others who some speculated may have faced investigations under the incoming Trump administration on Monday.
“Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day. They are the lifeblood of our democracy,” Biden said. “Yet alarmingly, public servants have been subjected to ongoing threats and intimidation for faithfully discharging their duties.”
In addition to the named individuals, the pardon applies to, “Members of Congress and staff who served on the Select Committee, and the U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the Select Committee.”
Notably, Special Counsel Jack Smith, former FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland are not included in the pardon, despite speculation that they may face backlash from the incoming administration.
Milley thanked Biden in a statement on Monday.
“My family and I are deeply grateful for the President’s action today,” he wrote. “After forty-three years of faithful service in uniform to our Nation, protecting and defending the Constitution, I do not wish to spend whatever remaining time the Lord grants me fighting those who unjustly might seek retribution for perceived slights.
“I do not want to put my family, my friends, and those with whom I served through the resulting distraction, expense, and anxiety,” he added.
Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has been a frequent target of political criticism in recent years as the face of the federal government response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Speaking with ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl, Fauci addressed Biden’s decision, said:
I really truly appreciate the action President Biden has taken today on my behalf. Let me be perfectly clear, Jon, I have committed no crime, you know that, and there are no possible grounds for any allegation or threat of criminal investigation or prosecution of me.
Fauci went on to acknowledge that the mere possibility of prosecution has placed an “immeasurable and intolerable distress” on him and his family.
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How do you pardon someone not yet convicted or charged? His handlers know that these individuals committed crimes or this would not have happened.
Biden is so corrupt that he pardons known criminals. (His own kind)
If there were no crimes, why were the pardons necessary?
Public Servants? Millions died because of Ouchie’s “gain of function” Frankenstein experiments in Red China, with bat viruses. Millions of other lives were ruined by job losses, business closures, and general economic devastation. And Ouchie departs with a huge pension and fringe benefits, courtesy of American taxpayers.
All of those people he pardoned belong behind bars. Biden and his ilk couldn’t make it more obvious that his time, all his time in every office was a life of corruption. I hope the American people never forget it and vote appropriately.
So sad what Biden has done with his pardons. Please get him out of town as soon as possible so that the new administration can take over and right the ship that Biden almost sunk.