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I saw an image today in my news clippings of the people who were crushing that police officer. None of them should get a pardon. You make this place less safe if you send the signal that police officers could potentially be assaulted and there is no consequence."
Senator Thom Tillis told Reuters They were in there for three-and-a-half years, a long time, and in many solitary confinement, treated like nobody has ever been, treated so badly,
It's so utterly disrespectful to these officers who showed up on January 6, just like they have every day since, to make many personal sacrifices of themselves in service to Congress, in service to our nation and to American people, of trying to make this world a better place,
Most of the people were absolutely innocent. OK. But forgetting all about that, these people have served, horribly, a long time. It would be very, very cumbersome to go and look – you know how many people we’re talking about? 1,500 people.”
Giving his first televised interview since his return to the White House to the Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday, Trump defended his decision to include those who committed violence, saying This guy went around giving everybody pardons
In an interview with Fox News host, Sean Hannity, Trump said Dismissal of charges, pardons after convictions, and commutations of sentences will not change the truth of what happened on January 6, 2021,
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in a six-page order dismissing charges against Dominic Box, whom she had previously convicted of two felony counts for his role in the riot We can’t do this!” ... We can do this!”
Merz told the crowd earlier this week, playing on Merkel’s famous 2015 mantra — We’re all coming for their jobs. We’re talking in Congress,
yelled 39-year-old Samuel Lazar, who was greeted with cheers We got the real men back,
she yelled in response to Lazar Well, I went through four years of hell by this scum that we had to deal with. I went through four years of hell. I spent millions of dollars in legal fees, And I won. But I did it the hard way. It’s really hard to say that they shouldn’t have to go through it all.”
Mr Trump, who faced multiple criminal cases and was convicted in one of them, said Some of those people with the police – true – but they were very minor incidents, okay, you know, they get built up by that couple of fake guys that are on CNN all the time. They were very minor incidents and it was time.”
Yet in his interview with Hannity, Mr Trump claimed This was a political hoax. And you know what? Those people – and I’m not saying in every single case – but there was a lot of patriotism with those people.”
On Wednesday night, the president added You have murderers in Philadelphia. You have murderers in Los Angeles that don’t even get any time. They don’t even collect them and they know they’re there to be collected. And then they go on television and act holier than thou about this one or that one. You had 1,500 people that suffered. That’s a lot of people.”
He then pivoted without providing context to assert You know, I was always against that with presidents and Hillary Clinton. I could have had Hillary Clinton – a big number done on her.”
Mr Trump, who has long vowed retribution against his political enemies, replied They were protesting the vote because they knew the election was rigged and they were protesting the vote and you should be allowed to protest the vote,
What the president has said and what the vice-president-elect, JD Vance, has said is that peaceful protesters should be pardoned, but violent criminals should not. That’s a simple determination,
The president’s made his decision. I don’t second-guess those … We believe in redemption. We believe in second chances.”
Johnson awkwardly sidestepped the issue at a Wednesday press conference, telling reporters I hope you guys all understand that my days – at least in the time at the Department of State – of engaging in domestic politics will be put aside as I focus on the affairs the United States has around the world,
he told co-host Craig Melvin If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned.”
Vance drew the distinction in a Fox News interview eight days before the inauguration, telling the network Fuck it, release ’em all,
the site, citing an adviser familiar with the decision, quoted Trump as saying
