The heads of the Jan. 6 committee say they're grateful for the decision by President Joe Biden to pardon them “not for breaking the law but for upholding it.”
"My family and I are deeply grateful for the President's action today," Milley said in a statement to USA Today provided by a spokesperson.
In addition to Fauci, Biden also granted pardons to General Mark Milley, the Members of Congress and staff who served on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, and the US Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the Select Committee.
In a dramatic move during his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued a series of high-profile pardons, granting clemency to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and several members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 riot at the U.
Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and more just hours before Donald Trump's inauguration.
The statement stressed that the pardons "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense.
Biden Monday issued several preemptive pardons, some to family members. Following the transition of power, Trump wielded his own clemency power.
Biden also issued pardons for former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and Liz Cheney and other former members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 committee.
A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s pardon of supporters who attacked the U.S.
WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump hinted in an interview that aired Wednesday that President Joe Biden could still face prosecution, noting the former president did not issue himself a preemptive pardon.