Trump defends Jan. 6 pardons of violent criminals

22/01/2025
Trump defends Jan. 6 pardons of violent criminals

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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. Trump, in one of the first presidential acts of his second term, commuted the sentences of 14 prisoners and pardoned all others […]