Former President Joe Biden's pre-emptive pardon for retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will give the retired military official a shield against any action that President Donald Trump might take against him amid their highly public feud.

Gen. Mark Milley, the now-retired former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commented on the pardon he received in Biden's final hours in office.

Those pardoned include Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former head of he National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection; and police officers who testified before the committee.

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.

In one last move, President Biden preemptively pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark A. Milley, and members of the House Jan. 6 committee.

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

Hours before the 47th president takes the oath, some of his highest-profile foes get pre-emptive protection from prosecution.

In a statement released Monday, President Biden said the pardons "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing." President-elect Trump has criticized many of the officials Biden pardoned.

In a bold and unprecedented move in the final hours of his presidency, President Joe Biden issued pardons for several high-profile figures, including General Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and members of Congress who served on the Select Committee investigating the January 6,

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.” The

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