"My family and I are deeply grateful for the President's action today," Milley said in a statement to USA Today provided by a spokesperson.

President Biden has issued a preemptive pardon to Anthony Fauci, Joint Chiefs of Staff of Mark Milley and members of the Congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol. Fauci was the director of the National Insitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the Covid pandemic.

In the last hours of serving as the 46th president, Biden issued a preemptive pardon to several political figures who were at risk of criminal investigation.

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

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

As one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden has granted pardons to several people who have faced threats of prosecution from Biden's political opponents. The post ‘The lifeblood of our democracy’: Biden issues last-minute pardons to Fauci,

The pardons by Biden came as incoming President Trump has repeatedly attacked Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 committee and called for prosecution of his enemies.

President Joe Biden issued a slew of pardons on Inauguration Day to preemptively protect people President-elect Donald Trump had threatened.

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.”

During his final hours in office, President Joe Biden pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members against potential Trump "revenge."

Milley was the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who called Trump a fascist and criticized Trump's behavior during the Jan. 6 2021 riot.