President Biden noted that the "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing."

"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.

After the pardons were announced, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky — both Republicans — posted to X claiming that issuing pardons to Fauci, Milley and others implied they were guilty of a crime, as did other right-leaning accounts on the platform.

Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and more just hours before Donald Trump's inauguration.

The US president used the final hours of his presidency to issue preemptive pardons to those he described as potentially being a target of "unjustified (and) politically motivated prosecutions".View o

The outgoing president acted to short-circuit incoming President Trump’s stated plans to exact retribution from perceived enemies.

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.

A bishop asked Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBT people and immigrants - he later called her 'nasty' and a 'Trump hater'

SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly called out former President Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons Monday on her show, outlining how those pardoned could

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in an extraordinary use of the powers of the presidency in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration.

WASHINGTON DC, – President Biden Monday pardoned science advisor Anthony Fauci in the final hours of his remaining presidency to ensure protection against potential “revenge” that the Trump administration may act on, according to MedPage Today.