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.”

Trump vowed to press the Justice Department to prosecute people he considered to be part of a political opposition.

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.

U.S. President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and retired general Mark Milley, to guard against potential retaliation by the incoming Donald Trump administration.

Biden made it clear that his decision to preemptively pardon these individuals was no indication of any guilt on their part

Hours before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden issued more pardons to ward of potential "revenge" by President-elect Donald Trump.

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.