Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said Tuesday on CNN that former President Joe Biden was wrong to issue last-minute preemptive pardons just before his term ended. Minutes before President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday,

Joe Biden ended his presidency by pre-emptively pardoning political allies and family members who had yet to be charged with any crimes. One pardon stands out: that of Dr Anthony Fauci. Pardoning Fauci won’t make investigations into the origins of Covid-19 go away.

Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the members of Congress and staff who served on the Jan. 6 committee and the U.S. Capitol and Washington, D.C., police officers who testified before that committee. Biden said the preemptive pardons were needed because of ...

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

Minutes before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden pardoned his brother, James Biden and other relatives for unspecified crimes.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is the latest in a string of former Trump aides-turned-critics to see their federal protection canceled despite ongoing threats to their lives.

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Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois; and Sen. Adam Schiff ... Republican lawmakers have frequently attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic when many rejected lockdowns and coronavirus vaccines.

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

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.