"My family and I are deeply grateful for the President's action today," Milley said in a statement to USA Today provided by a spokesperson.

The portrait, which had just been unveiled Jan. 10, hung in the Joint Chiefs hallway next to those of other former chairs.

Gen. Mark Milley, the now-retired former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commented on the pardon he received in Biden's final hours in office.

As one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden has granted pardons to several people who have faced threats of prosecution from Biden's political opponents. The post ‘The lifeblood of our democracy’: Biden issues last-minute pardons to Fauci,

President Biden preemptively pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, and retired Gen. Mark Milley to protect them from Trump inquiries.

President Biden noted that the "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing."

Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs ... Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois; and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. "These public servants have served our nation with ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has revoked the security clearance and security detail authorization for Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a prominent critic of President Donald Trump.

Gen. Mark Milley, a frequent target Trump’s, will lose his security detail and face an inspector general investigation, said a senior defense official.

The Pentagon has asked its inspector general to review the record and behavior of General Mark A. Milley, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who stood up to President Trump in his first term.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is revoking the security clearance and personal security detail for retired Army General and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, a Pentagon spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.

Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.