| Hours before leaving office, President Joe Biden announced preemptive pardons for people he said had done nothing wrong but have been threatened with criminal prosecutions during the upcoming Trump administration. They include Fauci, the former top infectious-disease official; Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; members and staff of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot; and police officers who testified before the committee. | 
