As one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden has granted pardons to several people who have faced threats of prosecution from Biden's political opponents. The post ‘The lifeblood of our democracy’: Biden issues last-minute pardons to Fauci,

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.

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."

Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and members of the former House ... police officers from the Capitol Police Department and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department who testified before the committee.

Joe Biden in some of his final acts as U.S. president pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci ... of the the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Jose Luis Magana/The Associated Press) Biden ...

Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and members of the former House ... police officers from the Capitol Police Department and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department who testified before the committee.

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president, pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci ... as well as the U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the House ...

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Biden chose a date nearly six years before the first cases of SARS-CoV-2 were identified, adding an unexpected layer of intrigue to the act of clemency.

The move came after Trump warned of an enemies list of those who crossed him politically or sought to hold him accountable for Jan. 6, 2021.

Outgoing President Joe Biden issued a slate of pardons Monday for people who may have been targets of President-elect Donald Trump's Justice Department.