Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and 6 January committee members in unprecedented move

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The US president used the final hours of his presidency to issue preemptive pardons to those he described as potentially being a target of "unjustified (and) politically motivated prosecutions".

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00:00U.S. President Joe Biden used the last hours of his presidency to issue preemptive pardons

00:06for Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired General Mark Milley, and members of the House Committee

00:11that investigated the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

00:15The decision is aimed at protecting those who have been targeted by Donald Trump in

00:19the past from potential revenge by the Trump administration.

00:24Trump has warned of a so-called enemies list featuring those who have targeted him politically.

00:29Biden used the power in the broadest and most untested way possible to pardon those

00:34who have not even been investigated yet.

00:37The decision lays the groundwork for an even more expansive use of pardons by Trump and

00:41future presidents.

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