Incoming Vice President J.D. Vance stated that individuals who participated in peaceful protests during the January 6th Capitol riot should be pardoned, while those who engaged in violence should not. Trump, on the other hand, has pledged to issue pardons to many of the rioters on his first day in office.
J.D. Vance , the U.S. vice-president-elect, said the pardon question is 'very simple,' saying those who protested peacefully should be pardoned and those who committed violence shouldn't be. He later said there was a 'bit of a grey area' in some cases. President-elect Donald Trump is promising to use his clemency power on behalf of many of those who tried on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn the results of the election that Trump lost.
Vance said that the pardon question is 'very simple,' saying those who 'protested peacefully' should be pardoned and 'if you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn't be pardoned.' He later said there was a 'bit of a grey area' in some cases. Trump said he would issue pardons to rioters on 'Day 1' of his presidency, which begins Jan. 20. 'Most likely, I'll do it very quickly,' he said recently on NBC's'Those people have suffered long and hard. And there may be some exceptions to it,' he added. 'I have to look. But, you know, if somebody was radical, crazy.
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