Trump Plans To Pardon January 6 Protesters Tomorrow


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As soon as he takes office as America’s 47th president on Monday, Donald Trump plans to use his presidential powers to pardon individuals he considers unjustly prosecuted following the January 6, 2021, protest and subsequent Capitol breach.

According to unnamed sources cited by CNN, the pardon documents have already been prepared and await Trump’s official signature.

At a Sunday evening rally in Washington, D.C., Trump addressed the issue, stating, “Tomorrow everyone in this arena will be very happy with my decision on the J6 hostages.” He added, “I think you’ll be very, very happy,” as reported by WUSA-TV.

While the exact number of pardons remains undisclosed, Trump has indicated in recent press conferences that he intends to issue “major pardons,” according to The New York Times. In a December interview, he emphasized the urgency of addressing January 6 cases, stating, “I’ll be looking at J6 early on, maybe the first nine minutes.”

The legal proceedings surrounding January 6, 2021, have resulted in approximately 1,270 convictions stemming from the protest march over the 2020 election results that escalated into civil unrest.

During a “Meet the Press” appearance, House Speaker Mike Johnson discussed the administration’s approach, saying “peaceful protesters should be pardoned, but violent criminals should not.”

Johnson elaborated on Trump’s motivation, citing concerns about justice system integrity. “What President Trump is getting at is the lack of faith that people have right now in our system of justice. It was abused for the last few years, under the last four years on the Biden administration, the Department of Justice itself was weaponized when the people lose their faith in our system of justice,” he explained, adding, “That is what leads to all these other concerns, and President Trump’s going to restore that we’re going to have new leadership.”

House Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan emphasized the selective nature of the process, noting Trump’s thorough review of individual cases. “It’s a power solely with the president, case by case, person by person, and the President has complete authority to pardon who he wants to pardon,” Jordan stated. “But I think he’s going to focus on those … all the people who didn’t commit any violence.”

Trump’s support for January 6 defendants has been consistent throughout. During a 2022 rally call-in, he expressed solidarity: “There’s never been a thing like this has happened in our country and I want to tell everybody that’s listening ‘We’re with you.’ We’re working with a lot of different people on this.”

He further highlighted perceived disparities in the justice system’s treatment of various protest-related arrests, noting, “You look at all of the riots that took place for the last long period of time, not just in 2020, the last long period of time, and almost nothing has happened to those people. And what they’re doing here is a disgrace; it’s a disgrace to our country and it cannot be allowed to happen and it cannot be allowed to continue.”

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