Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responded to President Joe Biden issuing him a preemptive pardon on Monday.

On Jan. 22, posts on the social media platform X alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to extradite Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the U.S. president from 2021 to 2022, to Russia as part of a deal to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The posts provided no evidence to support the claim.

With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 committee.

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he has pulled federal security protection for former top US health official Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Joe Biden said he would not pardon his son Hunter Biden then he did. Then, he pardoned more family members and others. It's rich to hate on Trump.

Several social media users claimed on Wednesday that President Donald Trump is considering extraditing former Chief Medical Advisor and Biden's COVID-19 chief, Anthony Fauci, to Russia at the demand of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“Dear President Trump” is the address of the letter, which Trump discovered inside the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office with some assistance from Fox News Senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy.

A day that began with the outgoing president's pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president's pardon of

Donald Trump wasn't the only one swinging and missing with the pardon pen. Joe Biden broke precedent by pre-pardoning Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and members of the House select committee that investigated Jan.

During his final hours in office, US President Joe Biden issued a number of pre-emptive pardons to prevent what he called "unjustified... politically motivated prosecutions".