President Biden preemptively pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, and retired Gen. Mark Milley to protect them from Trump inquiries.

President Biden Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, ex-Rep. Liz Cheney and members of the Jan. 6 committee in the waning hours of his term to protect them against retribution by incoming President Trump.

With just a few hours remaining in his presidency, Joe Biden preemptively pardoned Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and members of the January 6th Committee and their staffs, amid concerns that they would be targets of investigation by the incoming administration.

The Wyoming congressional delegation joined Donald Trump on Monday in slamming President Biden’s final-hour pardons. On his way out of office,

President Biden on Monday morning, just hours before President Trump’s inauguration, granted pardons to Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) and other members of the House panel that investigated the Jan.

In a historic move during his final hours in office, President Biden issued preemptive pardons for General Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and members of the January 6 committee, shielding them from potential legal retaliation.

Liz Cheney, members of the Jan. 6 ... (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images) Fauci was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health for nearly ...

Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ... former GOP Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming ...

Imagine former President Joe Biden awakening from Wednesday's four-hour afternoon nap, reaching a rare state of semi-lucidity, and suddenly gasping. "Hey, Jack. What did you forget?" he might say to himself before realizing the truth.

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.

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.”

Biden Monday issued several preemptive pardons, some to family members. Following the transition of power, Trump wielded his own clemency power.