Trump Slams Biden for Pardoning Fauci, Milley and Jan. 6 Committee Staffers in Final Hours of Presidency: ‘Disgraceful’; Anthony Fauci Responds to Joe Biden’s Pardon, and other C-Virus related stories
Trump slams Biden for pardoning Fauci, Milley and Jan. 6 committee staffers in final hours of presidency: ‘Disgraceful’:
Outgoing President Biden issued a string of 11th-hour pardons Monday to everyone from Dr. Anthony Fauci to members of the House panel that probed the Jan. 6 riots — a move blasted as “disgraceful’’ by President Trump.
“Many are guilty of MAJOR CRIMES!” Trump fumed to NBC News’ Kristen Welker.
Trump, still fuming during a speech in Emancipation Hall after his later inauguration, ripped the House panel’s members as the “Unselect Committee of Political Thugs” — and signaled he was preparing to pardon many people for the non-violent crimes they committed at the Capitol in January 2021.
Biden has now issued the most pardons and acts of clemency of any commander-in-chief since the late President Jimmy Carter, with at least 65 pardons in all and thousands more sentence commutations.
Carter, who died in December, pardoned roughly 200,000 Americans for dodging the Vietnam War draft.
Some of the beneficiaries of Biden’s wide-ranging pardons included the truth-challenged former chief medical adviser Fauci, embattled retired General Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — including Liz Cheney.
“I believe in the rule of law, and I am optimistic that the strength of our legal institutions will ultimately prevail over politics,” Biden said in a statement. “But these are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing.”
Biden, 82, lauded the nation’s “dedicated, selfless public servants,” but noted they have been subjected to “ongoing threats and intimidation for faithfully discharging their duties.”
“In certain cases, some have even been threatened with criminal prosecutions, including General Mark A. Milley, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, and the members and staff of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol,” the outgoing leader said. —>READ MORE HERE
Anthony Fauci Responds to Joe Biden’s Pardon:
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responded to President Joe Biden issuing him a preemptive pardon on Monday.
Why It Matters
Biden issued a flurry of preemptive pardons Monday morning for individuals and officials some Democrats fear could be targeted by Donald Trump’s incoming administration, as the president-elect had discussed “retribution” on the campaign trail.
Pardons covered Fauci, whose handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn calls for his prosecution from some critics, General Mark Milley and former lawmakers who served on the House committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, riot at the United States Capitol.
What To Know
Fauci responded to the preemptive pardon in a statement reported by CNN’s Jim Acosta.
“It feels good and I’m grateful to the president for doing it,” he told Acosta. “I have done nothing wrong. Certainly nothing criminal. No grounds at all.”
Fauci said the White House told him in December that Biden was considering a preemptive pardon, but that he did not know it was actually happening “until last night,” Acosta posted on X, formerly Twitter.
Newsweek reached out to Fauci via Georgetown University for comment.
Concerns about potential retribution from Trump stem from a March 2023 clip of Trump speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). —>READ MORE HERE
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