Former President Donald Trump issued a sweeping pardon for all individuals convicted of crimes related to the January 6th Capitol riot, including those charged with violence against law enforcement. This move has drawn widespread condemnation and left Republican lawmakers largely silent.
Asked Sunday if someone who assaulted law enforcement should get a pardon, Johnson said “no,” then suggested he didn’t expect it to happen.“I think what the president said and Vice President-elect JD Vance has said is that peaceful protesters should be pardoned, but violent criminals should not,” JohnsonJohnson’s statement was typical. For years, whenever a reporter has asked an elected Republican about Trump ’s pledge to pardon his supporters for attacking the U.S.
Trump himself, in his many public statements about pardoning the rioters over the past four years, often included a caveat that the worst offenders might not get a break.On Monday, Trump declined to distinguish between different levels of offense and falsely suggested his supporters had only rioted because they were manipulated by shadowy agents of Trump’s political enemies.“There were outside agitators involved, and obviously the FBI was involved,” Trump said at the White House.
Encouraging case-by-case consideration was another way Republicans cautioned Trump against a wholesale pardon for violent rioters. “I would not be in favor of shortening any of the sentences to any of the people who pled guilty to crimes,” Sen. Mitch McConnell said then.
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