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President Biden, in a hurry to leave office, extends preemptive pardons to some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s prominent adversaries, aiming to thwart a promised campaign of ‘retribution’. The list includes Gen. Mark A. Milley, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, and all members of the bipartisan House committee that probed the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, such as former Representative Liz Cheney from Wyoming. Biden argues that under exceptional circumstances, he had to act to prevent politically motivated investigations from causing irreparable harm to individuals and their families. His actions underscore the dramatic shift of power in Washington as Trump is sworn in, with Biden using his pardon authority to protect the investigated and Trump planning to pardon the attackers.