## Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel. It’s a guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump

Authored by apnews.com

The prospect of such pardons had been the subject of heated debate for months at the highest levels of the White House.

Trump said after his inauguration that Biden had pardoned people who were “very very guilty of very bad crimes” — “political thugs,” Trump called them.

AP AUDIO: Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump AP correspondent Ed Donahue reports on last-minute pardons in the Biden administration.

Biden, a Democrat, has used the power in the broadest and most untested way possible: to pardon those who have not even been investigated.

His decision lays the groundwork for an even more expansive use of pardons by Trump, a Republican, and future presidents.

The “full and unconditional” pardons for Fauci and Milley cover the period extending back to Jan. 1, 2014.

Moments before leaving office, he pardoned his siblings and their spouses in a move designed to guard against potential retribution. »

### Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls

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A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy.

Ibraheem Bahiss, an analyst with Crisis Group’s South Asia program, said Stanikzai had periodically made statements calling girls’ education a right of all Afghan women.

In the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, earlier this month, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders to challenge the Taliban on women and girls’ education. »

### Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members

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President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons to potential targets of the incoming Trump administration, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and lawmakers who served on the House Jan. 6 Committee.

Trump said Cheney and other committee members should be put in jail.

Some Democrats argued against preemptive pardons, including Sen. Adam Schiff, who served on the House Jan. 6 committee. »

### Congresswoman suggests Trump admitted Musk rigged election in Pa.

Authored by pennlive.com

“And then he journeyed to Pennsylvania, where he spent like a month and a half campaigning for me in Pennsylvania,” Trump said.

And, while it was a strange addition to his speech, there is no evidence of wide-spread cheating in this past election or in 2020.

Still, it will be interesting to see what Trump has to say about this one when he is asked. »

### 'India can't defeat China militarily': Ex-IAF captain warns as Air Force's squadron strength down to all-time low

Authored by businesstoday.in

What I'm trying to say is - militarily there is no way we can defeat China in the next about 3-4 decades.

"Our dispute with China is not civilizational, our dispute with China relates to a border that is ill-defined and both sides have different versions of that border.

Singh said the Air Force was yet to receive the first batch of 40 aircraft ordered in 2009-2010. »

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