Trump cites several reasons to justify his decision to pardon violent members of the Jan. 6 riots

The Hill

President Trump listed a “number of reasons” for pardoning violent Jan. 6 rioters during an interview that aired Wednesday night with Fox News’s Sean Hannity.
Why did they get a pardon?” Hannity asked Trump.
“Number of reasons,” Trump responded, “No.
About 1,500 “full, complete and unconditional pardons” were given to rioters, Trump said Monday night.
The Jan. 6 pardons rattled Republican lawmakers who had front-row seats to the chaos on Capitol Hill four years ago.

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Trump gave a “number of reasons” for granting violent Jan’s pardon. Six rioters were interviewed by Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Wednesday night.

“I’ve only seen pushback or criticism directed at those who were convicted or involved in violent crimes against police.”. Hannity questioned Trump, “Why were they pardoned?”.

“A lot of reasons,” Trump said. “No.”. 1. For a considerable amount of time—three and a half years—they were kept in solitary confinement. treated so poorly, as if no one had ever been treated before. “”.

They were handled as though they were the most heinous criminals ever. And do you know why they were there? They were protesting the vote because they knew the election was rigged, and they should be permitted to do so,” he continued.

Hannity interrupted, “However, you shouldn’t be allowed to invade the Capitol.”.

Trump said, “Are you ready? The majority of the people were completely innocent.”. “All right, but I’m forgetting about that. These folks have served for a very long time in a terrible manner. Seeing as how many people we’re talking about—1,500 people, nearly all of them—it would be extremely difficult to explain why this shouldn’t have occurred. “”.

Additionally, there is this. It’s true that there are some of those police officers. However, he clarified that they were only minor incidents.

Almost all of Jan was pardoned by Trump on his first day back in office. 6 defendants. According to Trump, 1,500 rioters received “full, complete, and unconditional pardons” on Monday night.

Trump declared in the White House that “what they’ve done to these people is outrageous.”.

The Jan. Republican legislators who witnessed the mayhem on Capitol Hill four years ago were shook by six pardons. Several Republican senators voiced concerns regarding the pardons’ scope.

Sen stated, “Pardoning people convicted of violent crimes is wrong, especially when many of the victims of their violence were law enforcement officers.”. Moran Jerry (R-Kan. ().

House Republicans, on the other hand, reacted more subduedly, largely supporting the president and accusing President Biden of creating a precedent of misuse of the presidential pardon authority.

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