January 6th: Pardoned and Commuted by President Trump

 

BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK

President Donald Trump pardoned and commuted the sentences of all January 6th protestors. It's roughly 1500 defendants charged with crimes connected to the January 6th attack against the Capital, including some convicted of assaulting police.

President Trump was quick to answer the criticism:

“They’ve served years in jail,” Trump said in response to questions from reporters at the White House about why he pardoned violent offenders. “They should not have served, and they’ve served years in jail. And murderers don’t even go to jail in this country.”

He added, “We pardoned people that were treated unbelievably poorly.”

Notably, President Trump pardoned the Oath Keepers - a far-right militia. He said "The charges were ridiculous and excessive. These were people that actually love our country, so we thought a pardon would be appropriate."

Rep. Nancy Pelosi angrily responded, saying:

"It is shameful that the President has decided to make one of his top priorities the abandonment and betrayal of police officers who put their lives on the line to stop an attempt to subvert the peaceful transfer of power," she said in a statement. "Despite the President’s decision, we must always remember the extraordinary courage and valor of the law enforcement heroes who stood in the breach and ensured that democracy survived on that dark day.”