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Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump, President Joe Biden issued blanket preemptive pardons on Monday for several of Trump's top political foes, including one for Massachusetts's native retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Biden also issued pardons for Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and the lawmakers and staffers from the House committee that investigated the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021including former GOP Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois; and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

"These public servants have served our nation with honor and distinction and do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions," Biden said in a statement.

Milley said he was "deeply grateful" to Biden.

"My family and I are deeply grateful for the President's action t