President Biden on Monday morning, just hours before President Trump's inauguration, granted pardons to Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) and other members of the House panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack.

Biden said he was doing so to protect the public servants, who have all faced attacks from the man about to replace Biden in the White House.

“These public servants have served our nation with honor and distinction and do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions,” Biden said in a statement.

Biden issued pardons forFauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who led the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic response, and Milley, the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Fauci, the face of the nation’s pandemic response, was criticized by Trump and his allies for efforts to refute Trump’s unsubstantiated claims about the........

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