拜登卸任日签发预防性赦免：福奇、米利、1月6日委员会成员与五名家人
2025年1月20日上午，距卸任只剩数小时，美国总统拜登在华盛顿发表声明，动用宪法赋予的赦免权，为前参谋长联席会议主席、退役四星上将 Mark Milley，国家过敏与传染病研究所前所长 Anthony Fauci，众议院1月6日袭击事件特别调查委员会的国会议员与工作人员，以及曾在该委员会作证的国会警察与华盛顿特区大都会警察签发预防性赦免。上述人员当时均未被控任何罪名。
拜登在声明中说：「毫无根据、出于政治动机的调查会给被针对者及其家人的生活、安全与财务状况带来浩劫。即使个人没有做错任何事——事实上做了正确的事——最终会被证明清白，仅仅是被调查或被起诉这一事实本身，就可能对声誉与财务造成无法挽回的损害。」他同时强调：「签发这些赦免不应被误认为承认任何人有任何不当行为，接受赦免也不应被曲解为承认任何罪行有罪。」他说，国家欠这些公职人员一份感激。
当天临近中午、在特朗普宣誓就职前数分钟，白宫再发声明：拜登赦免了自己的五名家人——弟弟 James B. Biden 与其妻 Sara Jones Biden、妹妹 Valerie Biden Owens 与其夫 John T. Owens、以及弟弟 Francis W. Biden。拜登说，他的家人遭受了「无休止的攻击与威胁，动机纯粹是想伤害我——这是最恶劣的党派政治」，而他没有理由相信这些攻击会停止。
福奇在声明中表示，自己没有犯下任何罪行，对拜登的行动表示感谢；米利表示，感谢此举让他的家人与朋友不必卷入可能的法律缠斗。据美联社报道，对福奇与米利的赦免为「完全且无条件」，覆盖期回溯至2014年1月1日。数小时后，特朗普宣誓就任美国第47任总统。
（来源：白宫）
Biden Issues Preemptive Pardons on His Final Day: Fauci, Milley, January 6 Committee Members and Five Family Members
On the morning of January 20, 2025, with only hours left in his presidency, President Joe Biden issued a statement in Washington exercising his constitutional pardon authority to grant preemptive pardons to retired General Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the members of Congress and staff who served on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol; and the U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the committee. None of them had been charged with any crime.
"Baseless and politically motivated investigations wreak havoc on the lives, safety, and financial security of targeted individuals and their families," Biden said in the statement. "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." He added: "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." Our nation, he said, owes these public servants a debt of gratitude.
Minutes before Trump took the oath of office around midday, the White House announced a second set of pardons, for five members of Biden's own family: his brother James B. Biden and James's wife Sara Jones Biden; his sister Valerie Biden Owens and her husband John T. Owens; and his brother Francis W. Biden. Biden said his family had been subjected to "unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics," and that he had no reason to believe the attacks would end.
Fauci said in a statement that he had committed no crime and appreciated the president's action; Milley thanked Biden, saying he did not want to put his family and friends through a potential legal battle. As the Associated Press reported, the pardons for Fauci and Milley were "full and unconditional," extending back to January 1, 2014. Hours later, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
Related: Biden Signs Full and Unconditional Pardon for His Son Hunter
(Source: The White House)
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图片来源：图：美国国家过敏与传染病研究所前所长 Anthony Fauci 的官方照片。（美国国家过敏与传染病研究所，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons） / Photo: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in an official photograph. (NIAID, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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