Beden gives Faucin and Milhouse a few hours before Trump takes over.

Biden used his extraordinary powers in recent hours as president to protect them from possible revenge from the Trump administration, which will take office this afternoon officially.

This Beden decision comes after Trump had warned of a list of enemies filled with people who had politically opposed him or had tried to hold him responsible for his efforts to undo his defeat in the 2020 elections and his role in the attack on the American Congress on January 6, 2021.

Trump has chosen cabinet members who backed his claims on the 2020 elections and who have pledged to punish people who made efforts to investigate Trump.

“These excuses should not be confused as an admission that any individual has committed any wrong, nor should their admission be interpreted as a guilty plea for any criminal offence”, Biden said in a communiqué.

Our “Kombi owes these public servants great gratitude for their indefatigable commitment to our country”, he said.

It is customary for a president to pardon convicts at the end of his term, but these acts of mercy are usually offered to ordinary Americans who have been convicted of a crime.

But Biden has used this power in the wider way - to forgive those who have not yet been investigated. And with the admission of forgiveness comes a silent admission of guilt or wrongdoing, even though those who have been pardoned are not officially charged with any crime.

Fauci was director of the U.S. National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease for nearly 40 years and Biden's leading health adviser until his retirement in 2022.

He helped coordinate the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and incurred Trump's wrath when he refused to back his baseless claims.

The target of hatred and fierce attacks by right-wing people who blame him for the mandatory wearing of masks and other policies they believe limited their rights, even though tens of thousands of Americans were dying.

Mark Milley is former head of the General Staff and called him the fascist Trump and told details of Trump's behaviour to the deadly uprising of January 6, 2021.

Beden has also pardoned the members and staff of the January 6th commission, including former representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the two republics, as well as US Capitol Police officers and Washington Metropolitan Police, who witnessed before the commission.

Biden has promised a quiet transition to power, inviting Trump to the White House and saying the nation will be okay, even though he warned during his farewell speech of a growing oligarchy.

He has spent years warning that bringing Trump back to the presidency would be a threat to democracy. His decision to break political norms with preliminary pardons was motivated by these concerns.