In Texas appearance, Trump dangles prospect of pardons for Jan. 6 defendants
“If I run and if I win, we will treat those people from January 6th fairly,” Trump said Saturday night in Conroe, Texas. “And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly.”
“If I run and if I win, we will treat those people from January 6th fairly,” Trump said Saturday night during a rally in Conroe, Texas. “And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly.”the most significant attack on the seat of government since the War of 1812
More than 700 people have been arrested and charged with federal crimes in connection with the riot, marking the largest investigation in the Justice Department’s history. The tally includes more than 150 people charged with assaulting police officers, more than 50 charged with conspiracy, and charges of seditious conspiracy against the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, and 10 other members or associates.
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