Comedian Tom Shillue and the ‘Gutfeld!’ panel react to President-elect Donald Trump weighing January 6 pardons.
WASHINGTON — The fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has a new focus as lawmakers brace for the prospect that President-elect Donald Trump may soon pardon many of the more than 1,500 people Trump said he would issue pardons to rioters on “Day 1” of his presidency, which begins Jan. 20. “Most likely, I’ll do it very quickly,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He added that “those people have suffered long and hard. And there may be some exceptions to it. I have to look.
Many of those who broke into the Capitol were echoing Trump’s false claims about election fraud. Some rioters menacingly called out the names of prominent politicians — particularly then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and then-Vice President Mike Pence, who refused to try to object to Biden’s win. Lawmakers who had evacuated both chambers on Jan. 6 returned that night to finish their work.
Jan. 6 election certification live updates: VP-elect JD Vance jubilant after vote count, shaking hands with Dems who snubbed him Veteran Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., also wasn’t ready to go as far as Greene. “You’ve got to look at it individually. Some probably deserve to be pardoned,” he said.
Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., said not every single charge is the same and that people who were trespassing are a different category from those who entered the Capitol and damaged property. He said he believes Trump will look at each individual circumstance and decide what is appropriate.Supporters of President Donald Trump clash with police at the US Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. over Jan.
Like police officers who protected them, lawmakers who were in the Capitol during the attack have a visceral reaction to the pardon talk, having barely escaped a mob that seemed determined to do them harm.
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