Trump defends Jan. 6 pardons of violent criminals
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the pardons and commutations of roughly 1,500 defendants charged with crimes connected to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including some convicted of assaulting police officers.
Republican senators are mostly quiet on Trump’s sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters
Moving beyond the attack on the Capitol has become a central approach for congressional Republicans who have enthusiastically re-embraced Trump after his 2020 defeat and his attempts to overturn
Trump pardons give Jan 6 defendants nearly everything they wanted
Some of the president's own team had signalled not all of those arrested over the Capitol riot would be released - until Monday.
These people are some of the violent Jan. 6 rioters Trump pardoned
Trump issued “a full, complete and unconditional pardon" to people punished for their involvement in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including those who assaulted law enforcement officers.
Republicans Suddenly Illiterate After Trump’s January 6 Pardons
Republicans are bending over backward to excuse Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons of the January 6 insurrectionists.
LIers pardoned over Jan. 6 Capitol riot say they are relieved, grateful to President Donald Trump, lawyers say
Several Long Islanders were included in Trump's mass pardon of the mob that launched an insurrection at the Capitol in an attempt, according to federal prosecutors, to disrupt the certification of the 2020 election,
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Republicans struggle to answer for Trump’s pardon on January 6 defendants just hours into his presidency
Republican senators struggled to defend Donald Trump’s decision to commute and pardon hundreds of January 6 protesters including those who were charged and convicted of crimes against police officers,
On Capitol Hill, Only a Handful of Republicans Object to Jan. 6 Pardons
Even Republicans who once said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law declined to criticize the presidential clemency for violent offenders, saying it was time to move on.
Trump announces mass clemency for all Jan. 6 defendants
Trump announced he was granting pardons, commutations, and case dismissals to nearly 1,600 defendants charged over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
These eight local Jan. 6 rioters were pardoned by President Trump
That figure would represent almost all of the nearly 1,600 people who were charged in the riot by the fourth anniversary Jan. 6, according to the Justice Department. About 1,270 had been convicted and 1,
Capitol Police chief: Jan. 6 pardons send message that "politics is more important than policing"
Washington — U.S. Capitol Police chief Thomas Manger said he's concerned by the sweeping pardons President Trump issued ...
Olympian Klete Keller calls pardon for Jan. 6 actions 'an amazing feeling of relief'
Klete Keller, a three-time Olympic swimmer for Team USA, was among the nearly 1,600 defendants from the Jan. 6 riot to be ...
Trump's pardons will embolden Proud Boys, other far-right groups, say experts
A day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection ...
Sen. Andy Kim says Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons ‘dishonor’ Capitol Police officer who died, as backlash mounts
Sen. Andy Kim and other Democrats sharply criticized former President Donald Trump's expansive pardon of Jan. 6 rioters. Even ...