Former President Donald Trump is dangling the prospect of pardons for supporters who participated in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol if he returns to the White House.
CONROE, Texas — Former President Donald Trump is dangling the prospect of pardons for supporters who participated in the“If I run and if I win, we will treat those people from January 6th fairly," Trump said Saturday night during a rally in Conroe, Texas. "And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly.”
More than 700 people have been arrested and charged with federal crimes in connection with the riot, marking the largest investigation in the Justice Department’s history. The tally includes more than 150 people charged with assaulting police officers, more than 50 charged with conspiracy, and charges of seditious conspiracy against the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, and 10 other members or associates.
“January 6th was a dark day in our history,” she told ABC's “This Week.” “We should let the judicial process proceed.”Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., rejected Trump's comments as sending a wrong message that it's OK to defile the Capitol. For the Jan. 6 offenders, “I hope they go to jail and get the book thrown at them, because they deserve it," Graham told CBS' “Face the Nation.
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