President Biden said the pardons are not an "acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing" but rather protect individuals from "unjustified and politically motivated prosectutions."

In a dramatic move during his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued a series of high-profile pardons, granting clemency to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and several members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 riot at the U.

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.”