Biden pardons number of officials before Trump’s inauguration

In the last hours of his presidency, Joe Biden announced the pardoning of a number of officials.
In the last hours of his presidency, U.S. President Joe Biden announced the pardon of General Mark Milley, who investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, and several other people. He announced this on social media.
He published the statement on the social network X, Censor.NET reports.
Thus, he pardoned former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci.
The staff who worked for the Select Committee, as well as officers of the U.S. Capitol and the Metropolitan Police who testified before the Select Committee, were also pardoned.
Biden said that they had been threatened with criminal prosecution, but that they had served the United States "with honor and distinction" and "do not deserve to be the targets of unreasonable and politically motivated prosecution."
"Instead of accepting responsibility, those who perpetrated the January 6 attack have used every opportunity to intimidate those who participated in the Select Committee in an effort to rewrite history, erase the stain of January 6 for partisan gain, and seek revenge, including by threatening criminal prosecution.
The granting of these pardons should not be mistaken as an admission that any person has committed any offense, and the granting should not be misinterpreted as an admission of guilt for any offense," he added.