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The resolution, which would have no practical effect if the Senate adopted it, is narrow in scope, stating simply that “the Senate disapproves of any pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police officers.”Trump’s sweeping clemency action on his first day in office pardoned everyone charged with crimes connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, including the most violent offenders who attacked police.
No Republicans co-sponsored the Democratic resolution. Just a handful of GOP senators have spoken out against Trump’s pardons, while most of the partyOver the weekend, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Trump made a mistake pardoning the violent Jan. 6 offenders but he conceded Trump had the power to do so. But Vice President JD Vance defended Trump’s blanket pardons for violent Jan. 6 pardons, even though he said two weeks ago that ““I think he made the right decision,” Vance said of Trump during an interview with CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
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