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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,
Their newfound freedom is more than symbolic; it is an invitation for others to test the limits of the law, knowing that loyalty to Trump can serve as a get-out-of-jail-free card,
The people who invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6, whether they committed violence or not, should not have been pardoned. They unlawfully broke into the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power. What they did is a serious crime. Donald Trump is ushering in a Golden Age for people that break the law and attempt to overthrow the government."
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement By undoing the convictions, Trump is undermining the rule of law. That, in turn, weakens our already vulnerable institutions and, ultimately, undermines democracy."
Voters who believed in fair and free elections now have even more reason to question whether the guardrails of democracy will hold. And those who seek to undermine the nation's institutions have just received a clear signal: if they act in service of the right political cause, they may not have to face real consequences,
While Biden's last-minute preemptive pardons were issued out of concern of retribution from Trump, they serve to further weaken the power of government to enforce the laws,
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 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,
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 got the real men back,
she yelled in response to Lazar We’re all coming for their jobs. We’re talking in Congress,
yelled 39-year-old Samuel Lazar, who was greeted with cheers We can’t do this!” ... We can do this!”
Merz told the crowd earlier this week, playing on Merkel’s famous 2015 mantra — 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 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 I believe in the rule of law,
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 In every use of official power, ... the President is now a king above the law.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned in her dissent
