
Trump and his team have reportedly drafted a list of pardons for January 6 defendants that could be enacted as early as Inauguration Day.
This comes after House Speaker Mike Johnson declined to provide a clear stance on whether he believes those involved in the January 6 protest who assaulted police officers should be pardoned. In an interview with NBC, Johnson agreed with Trump's views stating that such cases "need to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis."
“Every case needs to be evaluated, as he said, but what President Trump is getting at is the lack of faith that people have right now in our system of justice,” Johnson remarked.
Trump and his team have reportedly drafted a list of pardons for January 6 defendants that could be enacted as early as Inauguration Day, according to two sources familiar with the matter, reported CNN.
Trump pledged "major pardons" for many involved in the 2021 event, a commitment that has bothered biased critics who view the incident as an "insurrection." Trump expressed sympathy for nonviolent participants during his 2024 campaign, condemning lengthy sentences, but has not specified criteria for granting pardons or early releases to the nearly 1,600 charged individuals.
Trump’s remarks have prompted some January 6 defendants to seek delays in court proceedings, while others have begun lobbying for clemency.
Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., expressed his support for clemency for nonviolent offenders but firmly opposed it for those who attacked law enforcement or caused destruction. “For those kind of folks whose defense was, ‘I didn’t realize, I thought the Capitol was open. The Capitol’s a public building; we were not the first ones in,’” Hawley told USA TODAY, “pardons or commutations would be appropriate. I’m against it for people who assaulted cops, threw stuff at cops, broke down doors, broke windows."
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