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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.
Republican senators are mostly quiet on Trump's sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters
Many Republican senators say they do not agree with President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon and commute sentences for more than 1,500 people who assaulted police officers, broke into the building or committed other crimes related to the Jan.
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.
Full List of Republicans Breaking With Trump on January 6 Pardons
A growing chorus of Republican lawmakers is speaking out against President Trump granting sweeping pardons to Capitol rioters.
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,
'Appalling': Current and former prosecutors lament Trump's Jan. 6 pardons
On the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot, then-Attorney General Merrick Garland tried to convey the enormous scope of the law enforcement effort to bring the rioters to justice, calling it “one of the largest,
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 pardoned these 22 Alabamians for their actions on January 6: ‘It’s about time’
Kaleb Dillard, 26, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, on felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Federal Court Records) The entire ordeal, he said, led him to his now-wife, and brought him closer to family and friends.
Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons include rioters with Michigan connections
Among those who breached the Capitol and were federally charged include at least 26 suspects arrested in or from Michigan, of whom 20 received sentences ranging from home confinement to five years in prison, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office data and other media reports.
'I just can't agree': Trump's Jan. 6 pardons face pushback from Republican senators
Republican senators pushed back against President Donald Trump’s decision to issue pardons and commute the sentences of Jan. 6 defendants.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On pardons for Jan. 6 criminals, JD Vance has some explaining to do
The vice president said “obviously” violent Jan. 6 rioters didn’t deserve pardons. Eight days later, Donald Trump made him ...