President Donald Trump pardoned more than 1,000 people this week who were charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, some of those very same people Alaska Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski ran from.
A number of lawmakers have spoken out against selected clips aired by Tucker Carlson and Fox News on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.WASHINGTON - On Jan. 6, 2021, Dan Sullivan linked arms with Lisa Murkowski as Alaska ’s two U.S. senators ran through an underground tunnel, away from rioters invading the U.S. Capitol.
He also commuted the sentences of 14 people in the Proud Boys or Oath Keepers, two extremist groups who were charged with seditious conspiracy. The Capitol Police officers are the backbone of Congress— every day they protect and serve the halls of democracy. I strongly denounce the blanket pardons given to the violent offenders who assaulted these brave men and women in uniform.Asked about the pardons this week, Sullivan first brought up former President Joe Biden’s own pardons before leaving office.
Alaska’s News Source then asked if that means that’s an area Sullivan disagrees with the president, in terms of pardons.
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