Trump took aim at the two former lawmakers hours after former President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

Joe Biden in some of his final acts as U.S. president on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired general Mark Milley, House committee members who investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and members of his own family.

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

With just a few hours remaining in his presidency, Joe Biden preemptively pardoned Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and members of the January 6th Committee and their staffs, amid concerns that they would be targets of investigation by the incoming administration.

His presidency was just an hour old when Donald Trump excoriated Joe Biden for pardoning GOP officials who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots—and promised retribution, in the form of salvation.

“Dear President Trump” is the address of the letter, which Trump discovered inside the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office with some assistance from Fox News Senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy.

The outgoing president acted to short-circuit incoming President Trump’s stated plans to exact retribution from perceived enemies.

Biden issued sweeping pardons to potential targets of prosecution by the Trump administration. Here's why Trump can't just undo them.

At least two Wyoming men are included in President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon of about 1,500 charged and prosecuted for the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at

The decision involving the Jan. 6 defendants followed the controversial pardons former President Joe Biden, which were issued to people who have not been charged with a crime, including Liz Cheney, Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of his own family. "These preemptive pardons, that is something that's a whole 'nother frontier," Bogen said.