President Donald Trump signed approximately 1,500 pardons for criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot attack.
WASHINGTON — A handful of Republican senators pushed back Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s decision to issue pardons to roughly 1,500 criminal defendants and commute the sentences of more than a dozen others in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Some of the GOP senators specifically criticized the pardons for those convicted of committing violence against police officers, while others declined to defend Trump's move. “I’m disappointed to see that,” said Sen.
6 attack, when thousands of Trump supporters stormed and breached the Capitol in an effort to halt Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over Trump. Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate Republican from Maine, said she draws a distinction between those who “got caught up in the crowd that day” and those who “assaulted police officers with their fists, with flag poles, with pepper spray and destroyed property.
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