Former President Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons for several individuals takes away their rights to invoke the Fifth Amendment if subpoenaed to testify before Congress in the future, reported Newsweek.

Gen. Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and individuals who served on and testified before the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were granted clemency Monday in one of Biden’s final acts as president.

The decision came after now-President Donald Trump had warned of an enemies list filled with those who have crossed him politically or sought to hold him accountable for his attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss and his role in the Capitol attack four years ago. Trump has selected Cabinet nominees who backed his election lies and who have pledged to punish those involved in efforts to investigate him.

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