Anyone who went to COVID.gov on Friday hoping to find information about where to get their 10th booster was in for a big shock.
The website, created by the Biden administration to spread information about vaccines and other government COVID policies, now <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/">redirects to a page</a> explaining how the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab.
&#8220;LAB LEAK: The True Origins of COVID-19&#8221; walks readers through the pandemic&#8217;s origins and exposes Dr. Anthony Fauci and other government officials who attempted to discredit the now-vindicated lab leak theory. The website explains how the coronavirus likely originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where a group called EcoHealth &#8220;used U.S. taxpayer dollars to facilitate dangerous gain-of-function research.&#8221;
Democrats and the mainstream media long dismissed this theory as a &#8220;conspiracy&#8221; and actively pushed a different narrative.
“&#8217;The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2&#8242; publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak theory — was prompted by Dr. Fauci to push the preferred narrative that COVID-19 originated naturally,&#8221; the website says. &#8220;By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced. But it hasn’t.&#8221;
&#8220;The American people deserve to know the truth about the Covid pandemic and we will always find ways to reach communities with that message,&#8221; a senior Trump administration official told Fox News.
The website makes the case against various government COVID recommendations, including mask mandates, lockdowns, and social distancing.
&#8220;There was no conclusive evidence that masks effectively protected Americans from COVID-19,&#8221; the website states. &#8220;Prolonged lockdowns caused immeasurable harm to not only the American economy, but also to the mental and physical health of Americans, with a particularly negative effect on younger citizens.&#8221;
It devotes an entire section to &#8220;New York Pandemic Failures,&#8221; which explains that then-Governor Andrew Cuomo and his administration &#8220;worked to cover up the tragic aftermath of their policy decisions in an apparent effort to shield themselves from accountability.&#8221;
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In addition to Cuomo, the website singles out Fauci for claiming that the coronavirus &#8220;just sort of appeared,&#8221; and notes that Biden granted Fauci a &#8220;full and unconditional pardon&#8221; shortly before leaving office.
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All of the information on the website is &#8220;sourced from the House Oversight Committee website, a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability in the U.S. House of Representatives.&#8221;

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A government watchdog is sounding the alarm on former President Joe Biden&#8217;s liberal use of an autopen to sign official documents, saying it raises concerns about who controlled the presidency, given Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline.
Biden pardoned six criminals on December 30, 2022, with the &#8220;exact same autopen signature&#8221; while the president was vacationing and golfing in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Oversight Project.
&#8220;Note they all say they are &#8216;Signed in the City of Washington,'&#8221; the Oversight Project posted on X.
Around the same time, an omnibus spending bill was flown to Biden in the Virgin Islands to sign, but the pardons all appear to be signed by autopen, the watchdog said.
&#8220;Whoever controlled the autopen controlled the presidency,&#8221; the Oversight Project said.
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🚨 Autopen Update 🚨 We analyzed Biden&#39;s Jan. 19, 2025 &quot;pardons&quot; for:
-Biden Family Members -Anthony Fauci -General Milley -J6 Committee -Gerald Lundergan
They all have the same exact Biden autopen signature <a href="https://t.co/jc6mkx37il">https://t.co/jc6mkx37il</a> <a href="https://t.co/8VeBDwLNv7">pic.twitter.com/8VeBDwLNv7</a>
&mdash; Oversight Project (@OversightPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/OversightPR/status/1899520975156216146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Some prominent documents, including Hunter Biden&#8217;s pardon and Biden&#8217;s announcement that he was dropping out of the presidential race, appear to be hand signed, the watchdog found.
However, several other controversial pardons, including those for Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, the January 6 committee, and other Biden family members, were all signed with the same autopen signature, Kyle Brosnan, chief counsel for the Oversight Project told The Daily Wire.
Brosnan said that using the autopen to sign presidential pardons is particularly &#8220;troubling&#8221; since the authority to issue them rests solely with the president as a &#8220;constitutional principle.&#8221;
&#8220;You have to look at it in the context of President Biden&#8217;s mental decline,&#8221; Brosnan said, noting that Special Counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s report last year <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4456879-special-counsel-describes-biden-as-elderly-man-with-a-poor-memory-in-eye-raising-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> Biden an &#8220;elderly man with a poor memory.&#8221;
&#8220;I think we all saw with our own eyes his mental and physical deterioration over the course of his presidency,&#8221; Brosnan said. &#8220;There&#8217;s article after article that comes out showing how the Biden administration and his staff shielded him from public view, retinkered his schedule throughout the presidency, tried to script even what reporters he was calling on at press conferences, and that volume of evidence shows that President Biden wasn&#8217;t really running the White House. It was the staff. So if he&#8217;s not hand-signing these legally operative documents like pardons or even bills into law, that raises another question.&#8221;
The Justice Department should look into what the autopen policies of the previous White House were, whether certain individuals were authorized to operate the autopen, and what the approval process for affixing a signature looked like, Brosnan said.
&#8220;We need to figure out who was actually running the country for the last four years,&#8221; Brosnan said.
Brosnan said any legal cases against Biden&#8217;s signatures are still hypothetical, but he pointed to the questions around Chad Wolf&#8217;s status as acting homeland security secretary back in 2020, which resulted in a judge ruling that some of Wolf&#8217;s actions cracking down on illegal immigration were unlawful.

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Hollywood star Woody Harrelson torched Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and said Fauci has done some “extraordinary evil s**t” and knows it.
During his recent appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1893765243815526484">podcast</a>, the 63-year-old actor and host both said they were hopeful that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — who has been sworn in as President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services — could right some of the wrongs they attributed to Fauci.
“Bobby (RFK Jr.), I really hope he’s able to do some good because he’s certainly a man on a mission,” Harrelson said. “And a man who cares deeply. And I think really heroic how much he stood up for things that he didn’t need to talk about … he just took one arrow after the other over it.”
Rogan admitted he once bought into the “propaganda” against Kennedy and said that he too used to think RFK Jr. was a “kook.” He said then he read his book “The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health (Children’s Health Defense)” and changed his mind.
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WOODY: “AZT was known to be a highly toxic, really ineffective drug. And of course that was the one they picked … That k*lled friends of mine … Fauci did some extraordinarily evil sh*t, and he knows what he did.” <a href="https://t.co/nvxmaukv3X">pic.twitter.com/nvxmaukv3X</a>
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&#8220;If all these things [RFK] is saying about Anthony Fauci during the AIDS crisis, if that&#8217;s not true, why is he not getting sued?&#8221; the podcast host said. 
&#8220;I would sue the f**k outta him if he lied about me and said that I was vaccinating foster kids with experimental drugs that were killing them,” he added.
&#8220;The Hunger Games” star criticized the fact that “Fauci was able to get these principal investigators from like all these respectable colleges and put them on these committees&#8230;&#8221;
“He [Fauci] started with the AZT thing [to fight AIDS],” the three-time Oscar nominee said. “And, you know, AZT was known to be a highly toxic, really ineffective drug, and of course, that was the one they picked.”
“And so they started using that again, and I don’t know how many people that killed,” he added. “That killed friends of mine. AZT was very toxic and they finally had to yank it. And now they use different chemical cocktails, but like, Fauci did some extraordinarily evil s**t. And he knows what he did.”
The podcast host pointed out that the Matthew McConaughey movie “Dallas Buyers Club” dealt with the AIDS epidemic — and said that the villain in the movie was based on Fauci.
“That was about people trying to seek alternative treatments to deal with AIDS … that’s Fauci, that’s AZT,” Rogan said. “Magic Johnson got on AZT and it was killing him and he got off of it.”
Harrelson pointed out that Johnson is still alive, suggesting it was because he stopped taking the drug.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woody-harrelson-explains-why-he-no-longer-carries-a-cell-phone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Woody Harrelson Explains Why He No Longer Carries A Cell Phone</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Trump</a> has canceled Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail.
“The Trump administration has cancelled Dr. Anthony Fauci&#8217;s security detail. Dr. Fauci has now hired his own security detail, according to a source familiar with the situation,” ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jon Karl <a href="https://x.com/jonkarl/status/1882833396629647382?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q">reported</a>.
When a reporter asked about the decision, Trump <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/politics/video/california-voter-id-disaster-aid-trump-digvid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>, “I think when you work for government, at some point your security detail comes off. And y’know, you can’t have ‘em forever. So I think it’s very standard. If it would be for somebody else, you wouldn’t be asking the question.”
“The question is very fair, but y’know, you work for government; we took some off for other people, too,” he continued. “But you can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you worked for the government. &#8230; They all made a lot of money; they can hire their own security people, too.”
“A person familiar with the situation said Dr. Fauci had done just that, and now had his own security detail,” The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/politics/fauci-security-protection.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “Dr. Fauci did not have Secret Service protection; he was protected by federal marshals and later by a private contractor whose fees were paid by the government, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Marshals Service.”
After the preemptive pardon former President Biden gave Fauci was slammed, Fauci retorted, “Let me be perfectly clear. I have committed no crime and there are no possible grounds for any allegation or threat of criminal investigation or prosecution of me.”
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Forbes <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/01/25/dr-anthony-fauci-the-highest-paid-employee-in-the-entire-us-federal-government/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> in April 2022, “Dr. Anthony Fauci <a href="https://www.openthebooks.com/executive-agencies-of-the-united-states/?Year_S=2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://www.openthebooks.com/executive-agencies-of-the-united-states/?Year_S=2019" aria-label="made $417,608 in 2019">made $417,608 in 2019</a>, the latest year for which federal salaries are available. That made him not only the highest paid doctor in the federal government, but the highest paid out of all four million federal employees.”
Open the Books <a href="https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/exclusive-as-private-citizen-dr-fauci" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in November 2024:
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For the past two years, Dr. Anthony Fauci has received $15,000,000 in taxpayer-funded security services – despite having returned to private citizenship. Open the Books discovered the arrangement within a <a href="https://www.openthebooks.com/assets/1/6/2024-USMS-000194_-_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memorandum of understanding</a> (MOU) between the U.S. Marshals service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) via a Freedom of Information Act request.
Up until at least late September, this agreement between the two government agencies has left the American taxpayer on the hook for the costs attached to Dr. Fauci’s lifestyle, which included a publicly-funded chauffeur and a fully staffed U.S. Marshals security detail. The $15 million does not include the costs associated with his personal security from <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fauci-security-detail-threats-source/story?id=69933965" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April 2020</a> to December 2022, which was handled by the same parties  while he was still serving in government.
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Now-former President Joe Biden spent his last few hours in office issuing blanket pardons — which he swore in 2020 that he would not do — to a few select people, most of whom he simultaneously claimed were not guilty of any wrongdoing.
While a number of critics pointed out the fact that Biden had gone back on his word, most voiced concerns about who had received those pardons and what that said about them — and about Biden.
&#8220;Biden pardons Milley, Fauci, and J6 Committee. Absolutely Insane and Absolutely Predictable,&#8221; podcaster Tim Pool posted.
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Biden pardons Milley, Fauci, and J6 Committee
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Drew Holden with American Compass noted the disparity in the way that The New York Times had covered the last-minute pardons issued by Biden compared to those issued by President Donald Trump in January 2020.
The former were described by NYT reporter Peter Baker as being issued &#8220;to head off politically driven prosecutions.&#8221; The latter, as described by Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt, were intended &#8220;to override courts, juries and prosecutors to apply his own standard of justice for his allies.&#8221;
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&mdash; Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewHolden360/status/1881349715654307906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Journalist Michael Shellenberger took particular issue with the pardon issued to Fauci, saying that any investigations into the origins of the COVID pandemic — and any role Fauci may have played — needed to continue.
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&#8220;Biden pardoned Fauci. He says it’s not an admission of guilt. But if Fauci were innocent, no pardon would be needed. The evidence suggests Fauci helped create the Covid pandemic, and then covered it up. The investigation must go forward. All Covid &amp; Fauci Files must be released,&#8221; he wrote.
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Biden pardoned Fauci. He says it’s not an admission of guilt. But if Fauci were innocent, no pardon would be needed. The evidence suggests Fauci helped create the Covid pandemic, and then covered it up. The investigation must go forward. All Covid &amp; Fauci Files must be released. <a href="https://t.co/FkCp0jjMHt">https://t.co/FkCp0jjMHt</a>
&mdash; Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1881318348858040351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Attorney Mike Davis shared a reminder that the Biden administration had once painted a very different picture of what a pardon might mean — and what it might say about the person who chose to accept one.
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&#8220;Biden Justice Department tells court an acceptance of pardon is &#8216;a confession of guilt,'&#8221; he said.
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Biden Justice Department tells court an acceptance of pardon is “a confession of guilt.” <a href="https://t.co/TGCA0EUa2e">pic.twitter.com/TGCA0EUa2e</a>
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&#8220;Ask yourself this: Why would Joe Biden pardon Fauci if he wasn&#8217;t a criminal who should be locked up for his lies, negligence, &amp; greed that killed innocent Americans? Biden was already going out in shame and disgrace, but this is a new low,&#8221; women&#8217;s sports advocate Riley Gaines added.
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Ask yourself this: Why would Joe Biden pardon Fauci if he wasn&#39;t a criminal who should be locked up for his lies, negligence, &amp; greed that killed innocent Americans? 
Biden was already going out in shame and disgrace, but this is a new low. <a href="https://t.co/GW8fHyVT6f">pic.twitter.com/GW8fHyVT6f</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1881319094785650727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The Fauci and Milley pardons are particular indictments of their behind the scenes work, and the American people deserve to know if they lobbied for them personally from an addled and mentally absent chief executive,&#8221; conservative journalist Ben Domenech posted.
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The Fauci and Milley pardons are particular indictments of their behind the scenes work, and the American people deserve to know if they lobbied for them personally from an addled and mentally absent chief executive.
&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1881320708900634754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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He went on to challenge any journalists who spoke to those who had received pardons to ask specifically about whether they had sought those pardons out: &#8220;The next interviews that Fauci, Milley, or J6 Committee members give, all must be asked if they lobbied for these pardons personally and if so, who they lobbied. It&#8217;s journalistic malpractice to not ask that question.&#8221;
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The next interviews that Fauci, Milley, or J6 Committee members give, all must be asked if they lobbied for these pardons personally and if so, who they lobbied. It&#39;s journalistic malpractice to not ask that question.
&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1881322938320011598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So with Joe Biden pardoning Mark Milley, a reminder that Milley was a willing &amp; public participant in the scandalous cover-up of Biden’s lack of physical &amp; mental fitness to be president,&#8221; author Jerry Dunleavy said.
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So with Joe Biden pardoning Mark Milley, a reminder that Milley was a willing &amp; public participant in the scandalous cover-up of Biden’s lack of physical &amp; mental fitness to be president.<a href="https://t.co/6wMoWGpv5n">pic.twitter.com/6wMoWGpv5n</a>
&mdash; Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1881323977228038622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And from the End Wokeness account: &#8220;10 days ago, Biden said he will only pardon individuals who committed crimes. Today he pardoned Fauci, Milley, Cheney, EVERYONE on the J/6th Committee.&#8221;
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10 days ago, Biden said he will only pardon individuals who committed crimes. 
Today he pardoned Fauci, Milley, Cheney, EVERYONE on the J/6th Committee. <a href="https://t.co/VsJfysYSDQ">pic.twitter.com/VsJfysYSDQ</a>
&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href="https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1881345527973073009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Biden’s fitting final act. He pardoned his grifter family. Both brothers, sister, and all three in-laws going all the way back to January 1, 2014, the year the Ukraine grift began and the China grift accelerated. Pre-emptive pardons. Total admission of guilt,&#8221; The New York Post&#8217;s Miranda Devine added.
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Biden’s fitting final act. He pardoned his grifter family. Both brothers, sister, and all three in-laws going all the way back to January 1, 2014, the year the Ukraine grift began and the China grift accelerated. Pre-emptive pardons. Total admission of guilt. <a href="https://t.co/MPx6iV0hYN">pic.twitter.com/MPx6iV0hYN</a>
&mdash; Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1881413307443351824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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OutKick&#8217;s Clay Travis posted one final reminder: &#8220;In December of 2020 Joe Biden said you wouldn’t see any pre-emptive pardons in his administration. All Biden did was lie for four years.&#8221;
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In December of 2020 Joe Biden said you wouldn’t see any pre-emptive pardons in his administration. All Biden did was lie for four years: <a href="https://t.co/kuOwf9aXmg">pic.twitter.com/kuOwf9aXmg</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1881350181398221200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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‘Absolutely Insane And Absolutely Predictable’: People Respond To Biden’s 11th-Hour Pardons

'Absolutely Insane And Absolutely Predictable': People Respond To Biden's 11th-Hour Pardons

January 6 Committee

Mark Milley

Media

Pardon

Rachel Vindman complained on Monday that her husband, impeachment witness Alexander Vindman, had not been added to the list of now-former President Joe Biden&#8217;s extensive list of eleventh-hour pardons on his way out of the White House.
Following the news that Biden had pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and nearly everyone involved with the January 6 Select Committee — including former Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) — Vindman took to Meta&#8217;s Threads to make her disappointment known.
&#8220;<span class="x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x1ji0vk5 x18bv5gf x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xjohtrz xo1l8bm xp07o12 x1yc453h xat24cr xdj266r" dir="auto">BREAKING: President Biden just pardoned:<span class="x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x1ji0vk5 x18bv5gf x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xjohtrz xo1l8bm xp07o12 x1yc453h xat24cr x1anpbxc" dir="auto">* General Mark Milley * Dr. Anthony Fauci * Jan. 6 Committee members of Congress and staffers * The police officers who testified before the Jan. 6 Committee,&#8221; journalist Kyle Griffin posted via Threads. &#8220;<span class="x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x1ji0vk5 x18bv5gf x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xjohtrz xo1l8bm xp07o12 x1yc453h xat24cr x1anpbxc" dir="auto">Biden says these pardons are not an acknowledgment of wrongdoing.&#8221;
Vindman <a href="https://www.threads.net/@rachelvindman/post/DFDCySGp6Hm?xmt=AQGzyMUZDJ_z2At5Fmrxs_4WKZRm-99Mx96bDDpa4wDajvk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a>, &#8220;Breaking: my husband is on a list of enemies and they talk about him all the time but he wasn’t offered sh**.&#8221;
Vindman shared another similar post, saying: &#8220;<span class="x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x1ji0vk5 x18bv5gf x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xjohtrz xo1l8bm xp07o12 x1yc453h xat24cr xdj266r" dir="auto">Whatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed. <span class="x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x1ji0vk5 x18bv5gf x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xjohtrz xo1l8bm xp07o12 x1yc453h xat24cr x1anpbxc" dir="auto">I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel.&#8221;
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She also responded to someone who asked whether her husband had requested a pardon, and her answer did nothing to clarify whether he had.
&#8220;Hi, Karen, where did you hear Alex didn’t request a pardon? Do you know me? Also, there is wide reporting many who received pardons were surprised and didn’t request them,&#8221; <a href="https://www.threads.net/@rachelvindman/post/DFDaSAoR9fV?xmt=AQGzlm3R22mEP_-wFe7-pfRLcr3QsaYhZIm5v3VUmBJBgx8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vindman said</a>.
A report from <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/online/betrayal-alex-vindmans-wife-fumes-about-her-husband-getting-shut-out-of-last-minute-biden-pardons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mediaite</a> suggested that the Vindmans had, in fact, reached out to the Biden White House about a potential pardon but had not heard anything in response.
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Just a few hours later, the White House announced that Biden had issued another set of pardons for several of his own close relatives, including James B. Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John T. Owens, and Francis W. Biden.
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Biden just pardoned his family in the way out the door. As well as Cheney, Fauci, Milley, et al. They are as rotten to the core and corrupt as we always knew they were. <a href="https://t.co/gpDfThFKQn">pic.twitter.com/gpDfThFKQn</a>
&mdash; Chris Stigall (@ChrisStigall) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisStigall/status/1881387139335909609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Alexander Vindman’s Wife Super-Pissed That Her Husband Didn’t Get In On Last-Minute Pardons

Alexander Vindman's Wife Super-Pissed That Her Husband Didn't Get In on Last-Minute Pardons

Alexander Vindman

Just weeks after then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was declared the winner over President Donald Trump in 2020, he <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/03/biden-harris-intv-trump-pardons-justice-department-tapper-preview-sot-vpx.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper that Trump&#8217;s reported consideration of preemptive pardons concerned him.
Biden and then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris sat down for an <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/03/biden-harris-intv-trump-pardons-justice-department-tapper-preview-sot-vpx.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Tapper in early December 2020. Biden was asked about Trump potentially issuing preemptive pardons for his closest allies and himself — a move Trump never made. Biden responded by promising that the American people would not &#8220;see in our administration that kind of approach to pardons.&#8221;
&#8220;President Trump is reportedly considering a wave of preemptive pardons. &#8230; Does this concern you?&#8221; Tapper asked.
&#8220;Well, it concerns me in terms of what kind of precedent it sets and how the rest of the world looks at us as a nation of laws and justice,&#8221; Biden said.
&#8220;Now in terms of the pardons, you&#8217;re not going to see in our administration that kind of approach to pardons,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Nor are you going to see in our administration the approach to making policy by tweets. You know, it&#8217;s going to be a totally different way to which we approach the justice system.&#8221;
Biden&#8217;s comments from four years ago directly contradict his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-issues-last-minute-pardons-for-fauci-mark-milley-and-jan-6-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last-minute action</a> on Monday morning to issue preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and members of the Democrat-run January 6 Committee. Later in the day — just before Trump was sworn in — Biden also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-issues-more-pardons-for-his-family-during-final-minutes-of-presidency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pardoned</a> his brother, James B. Biden; James Biden’s wife, Sara Jones Biden; his sister, Valerie Biden Owens; Valerie Owens’ husband, John T. Owens; and his brother, Francis W. Biden.
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-trump-fauci-milley-pardons-january-6-3cba287f89051513fb48d7ae700ae747" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the preemptive pardons an &#8220;extraordinary use of the powers of the presidency,&#8221; adding that Biden &#8220;has used the power in the broadest and most untested way possible: to pardon those who have not even been investigated.&#8221;
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The outgoing president said in a statement that his preemptive pardons for Fauci, Milley, and the J6 Committee &#8220;should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense.&#8221;
&#8220;Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country,&#8221; he added.
Biden&#8217;s action on Inauguration Day marks the second time the president has gone back on his word to issue pardons before the end of his term. In early December, the president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-biden-pardons-hunter-claims-son-was-singled-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pardoned</a> his son, Hunter Biden, after promising he wouldn&#8217;t take such a step. As Biden pledged to the public that he would not pardon Hunter after his conviction in June, the president was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pardoning-hunter-was-on-the-table-when-joe-biden-said-he-wouldnt-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> discussing a pardon behind the scenes.
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Flashback: Biden Warns Against Preemptive Pardons In 2020 CNN Interview

Inauguration

President Joe Biden issued pardons on Monday morning to Dr. Anthony Fauci, former U.S. Army General Mark Milley, and members of the Democrat-run January 6 committee just hours before President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration. 
Both Fauci and Milley were vicious critics of Trump, and previous reporting indicated that Biden would issue the pardons to stave off any potential criminal charges that might be brought against them during a second Trump administration.
“The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense,” Biden said in a statement. “Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country.”
Fauci has been criticized for his handling of COVID and the lab leak theory, as well as comments before Congress about gain-of-function research.
 At the end of the first Trump administration, Milley reportedly made secret calls to China, where he promised to warn Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army if Trump ordered a preemptive strike on China. In a statement after the pardons were announced, Milley said he was &#8220;deeply grateful for the President’s action today.&#8221;
&#8220;After forty-three years of faithful service in uniform to our Nation, protecting and defending the Constitution, I do not wish to spend whatever remaining time the Lord grants me fighting those who unjustly might seek retribution for perceived slights,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I do not want to put my family, my friends, and those with whom I served through the resulting distraction, expense, and anxiety.&#8221;
The January 6 Committee members receiving a pardon include former representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the only Republican members. Both Cheney and Kinzinger were harsh critics of Trump and voted to impeach him over the January 6 riot. Additionally, the pardon applied to &#8220;U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the Select Committee.&#8221;
“These are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing,” Biden said. “Even when individuals have done nothing wrong — and in fact have done the right thing — and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances.”
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Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) ripped into Biden over the pardons, saying they were unconstitutional.
&#8220;The guy who claimed he would &#8216;protect norms&#8217; continues to bulldoze them and the Constitution until the bitter end. Biden truly is one of the worst Presidents in American history and will only be remembered as the guy between Trump’s two terms,&#8221; he posted on X. &#8220;Biden has previously been criticized for his wide-reaching pardon of his son Hunter, and top Democrats said last year they would oppose preemptive pardons.&#8221;
“I strongly oppose preemptive pardons. First of all, it’s in some ways going to be perceived as an implicit acknowledgment of guilt,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said last month. “And people should know that walking into a courtroom and making charges is far from proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Dr. Fauci Testifies In House On COVID Origins

Biden Issues Last-Minute Pardons For Fauci, Mark Milley, And Jan 6 Committee

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) made it clear that he was not in favor of President Joe Biden issuing &#8220;preemptive&#8221; pardons for members of the January 6th Committee and other critics of Donald Trump out of fear that the president-elect could seek retribution once he takes office.
Some in the White House have floated the possibility that Biden could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-aides-discussing-preemptive-pardons-for-fauci-schiff-cheney-report">issue pardons</a> to committee members like former Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) before he left office, thus insulating them from any potential charges stemming from their work on that committee. They also suggested similar pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who is now a senator-elect.
But despite the fact that Blumenthal is among the Democrats insisting that Trump&#8217;s new administration will &#8220;weaponize&#8221; the justice system against his political opponents, he told CNN anchor Jim Acosta that he would oppose blanket pardons for those who might be at risk.
&#8220;I strongly oppose preemptive pardons. First of all, it’s in some ways going to be perceived as an implicit acknowledgment of guilt,&#8221; Blumenthal explained, referencing his own past as a prosecutor. &#8220;And people should know that walking into a courtroom and making charges is far from proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. There is no evidence of wrongdoing against those members of the January 6 committees who brought those impeachment articles or who prosecuted them. And the likely beneficiaries of preemptive pardons would be the top echelon, and the underlings would still have the fear of that kind of prosecution.&#8221;
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Blumenthal went on to explain that he would prefer to simply allow the criminal justice system to do its work, adding, &#8220;I think any such unfounded, unjust charges against people who simply did their jobs would ultimately cause a backlash against Donald Trump because there will be acquittals and the costs of their defense or investigation, I think, should be borne by a defense fund — I’d certainly contribute — or by a pro bono legal team, I sign up, count me in, because I think they are on the right side. And we ought to make these cases a test case for the principle of justice.&#8221;
Blumenthal shared a similar statement via X, saying, &#8220;Broad blanket preemptive pardons are a bad idea. Fully recognizing that DOJ &amp; other federal law enforcement may be weaponized for retribution or intimidation, the way to stop a bully is to confront him, not run &amp; hide.&#8221;
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Broad blanket preemptive pardons are a bad idea. Fully recognizing that DOJ &amp; other federal law enforcement may be weaponized for retribution or intimidation, the way to stop a bully is to confront him, not run &amp; hide. <a href="https://t.co/Nyu4DfJCfb">https://t.co/Nyu4DfJCfb</a>
&mdash; Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenBlumenthal/status/1865728983758782735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Democrat Senator Says He Won’t Support Biden ‘Preemptive’ Pardons For Trump Critics

Democrat Senator Says He Won't Support Biden 'Preemptive' Pardons For Trump Critics

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According to a new report, President Joe Biden&#8217;s aides are discussing whether he should preemptively pardon government officials to protect them from possible inquiries or indictments from the incoming Trump administration.
“White House officials &#8230; are carefully weighing the extraordinary step of handing out blanket pardons to those who’ve committed no crimes, both because it could suggest impropriety, only fueling Trump’s criticisms, and because those offered preemptive pardons may reject them,” POLITICO <a href="//EB89B6DC-96C7-4A6A-871D-B88862E68717/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Names mentioned by POLITICO include members of Congress’ Jan. 6 Committee as well as Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D-CA), former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“The beneficiaries know nothing,” one source insisted to POLITICO.
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Some Democrats in Congress are urging Biden to issue the pardons. Massachusetts hard-Left Senator Ed Markey, attacking Trump, <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2024-11-26/sen-markey-urges-biden-to-issue-preemptive-pardons-ahead-of-trumps-inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in late November, “I think that without question, Trump is going to try to act in a dictatorial way, in a fascistic way, in a revengeful first year … towards individuals who he believes harmed him. &#8230; If it’s clear by January 19th that [revenge] is his intention, then I would recommend to President Biden that he provide those preemptive pardons to people, because that’s really what our country is going to need next year.”
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) said on Wednesday, “This is no hypothetical threat. The time for cautious restraint is over. We must act with urgency to push back against these threats and prevent Trump from abusing his power.”
Earlier this week, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href="//EB89B6DC-96C7-4A6A-871D-B88862E68717/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters, “As it relates to pardon- — pardoning or any clemency, the president, as you know, at the end of the year, makes announcements. He’s thinking through that process very thoroughly. There’s a process in place, obviously. And so, once — I’m not going to get ahead of — of the president on this. But you could expect more announcement, more par- — pardons and clemency at the end of — at the end of — at the end of this term.”
Asked how soon those other pardons could come, she answered, “I don’t have a timeline for you. As you know, this usually happens towards the end. And so, the president is going through that process, thinking through that process. I’m not going to get ahead of him. But you can expect more announcements to come.”

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House lawmakers released their final comprehensive report on COVID on Monday detailing how government officials misled the public about the origins of the pandemic. 
The <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">520-page report</a> from the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic covered everything from school closures to gain-of-function research to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/fauci-unmasked" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Fauci</a>’s leadership of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The release of the report comes after the committee spent two years conducting over 30 transcribed interviews and depositions, holding 25 hearings and meetings, and going over over one million pages of documents. 
“The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a distrust in leadership. Trust is earned,” Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) wrote in a letter accompanying the report. “Accountability, transparency, honesty, and integrity will regain this trust. A future pandemic requires a whole of America response managed by those without personal benefit or bias. We can always do better, and for the sake of future generations of Americans, we must. It can be done.”
One of the key findings of the report was that COVID likely originated and leaked out of a lab, a view that was once banned by Facebook but now echoed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/covid-likely-leaked-from-wuhan-lab-senate-gop-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate Republicans</a> and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-responds-to-u-s-energy-departments-revised-wuhan-lab-leak-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Energy</a>. The report said that COVID “likely emerged because of a laboratory or research related accident.”
The report noted that public officials from both China and the United States tried to hide facts that might confirm the lab leak theory. “The Chinese government, agencies within the U.S. Government, and some members of the international scientific community sought to cover-up facts concerning the origins of the pandemic,” the report said. 
For example, the lawmakers said that Fauci prompted the writing of an academic paper to undermine the lab leak theory in early 2020. The paper, known as “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pandemic-origins-subcommittee-suggests-fauci-prompted-doctors-to-draft-paper-to-disprove-lab-leak-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that it was not plausible for the virus to come from a lab. 
The lawmakers further concluded that the NIH funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. According to the report, this research was facilitated by the EcoHealth Alliance and Peter Daszak, who the government <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hhs-moves-to-defund-ecohealth-alliance-says-action-needed-to-protect-the-public-interest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved to bar</a> from future federal funding earlier this year. 
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The report accused former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of “medical malpractice,” saying that he acted to publicly cover “up the total number of nursing home fatalities in New York.”  The panel previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-panel-refers-andrew-cuomo-to-doj-for-criminal-prosecution-over-covid-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made a criminal referra</a>l against Cuomo for allegedly lying about his knowledge of a report that was used to defend a New York policy that placed COVID patients in nursing homes.
Additionally, the report was critical of the Biden administration&#8217;s vaccine mandate, which was later struck down by the Supreme Court. The lawmakers wrote that the government was currently failing &#8220;to efficiently, fairly, and transparently adjudicate claims for the COVID-19 vaccine injured.&#8221;
Other findings of the report were that lockdowns of schools caused significant learning challenges for children and that pandemic aid was plagued by fraud and waste. Wenstrup wrote that the lockdowns were overly strict and broad and caused &#8220;predictable anguish and avoidable consequences.&#8221;
“Just a few short years ago, arguing that COVID came from a Chinese lab and that lockdowns &amp; authoritarian measures didn’t work would get you censored and kicked from social media,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said of the report. “This report will stand as a warning for future generations of what NOT to do.”

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> celebrated Dr. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/anthony-fauci" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Fauci</a>, a divisive former government health official, as a &#8220;true hero&#8221; at the White House on Sunday.
The shout out took place as Biden delivered remarks during an event to commemorate World Aids Day on the South Lawn, prompting a round of applause from the audience.
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&#8220;A special thanks to one of the great public health officials. A true hero who had led this fight against HIV/AIDS: Dr. Anthony Fauci,&#8221; Biden said. He then gave a hand salute to Fauci and continued: &#8220;And you&#8217;re a good man. God love you. As my mother would say, God love you, Anthony.&#8221;
The comments drew mockery and condemnation from critics of Fauci, some of whom hearkened back to the AIDS epidemic as well as the COVID pandemic, and Biden.
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&#8220;If you’ve done even a little digging into Fauci’s role in the AIDS crisis then you know he’s absolutely hated by the people who lost loved ones due to his mismanagement of the crisis. He had protestors outside his offices during the crisis too,&#8221; conservative activist Robby Starbuck <a href="https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1863375193785213009" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
&#8220;Dementia is tragic,&#8221; molecular biologist Richard Ebright <a href="https://x.com/R_H_Ebright/status/1863374825537814882" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to Biden in a post to X.
Ebright also <a href="https://x.com/R_H_Ebright/status/1863376336527540702" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>: &#8220;Fauci provably violated federal policies on gain-of-function and enhanced potential pandemic pathogen research, provably committed conspiracy to defraud and perjury, and probably is culpable for pandemic that killed 20+ million and cost $25+ trillion.&#8221;
Tom Fitton, president of conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, simply <a href="https://x.com/TomFitton/status/1863363820636315762" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a>: &#8220;Fauci should be under criminal investigation.&#8221;
Among those who approved what Biden did was Democrat influencer Harry Sisson.
&#8220;President Biden praised Dr. Fauci as a &#8216;a true hero&#8217; today, which is the TRUTH! Dr. Fauci is an American hero, and his contribution to medicine has changed the world for the better. Thank you, Dr. Fauci!&#8221; Sisson <a href="https://x.com/harryjsisson/status/1863359089423618129" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
Fauci, a longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), advised former (and future) President Donald Trump Biden before retiring at the end of 2022.
During a CBS <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fauci-says-biden-absolutely-fit-to-lead-for-another-term-after-criticizing-trumps-missed-opportunities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> in June, Fauci hesitated to assess whether Trump was fit to lead, but stated &#8220;absolutely&#8221; when pressed about Biden — who had not yet dropped out of the 2024 presidential race amid growing concerns about his mental state and electability.

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