On January 6, 2021, about 10,000 people marched on Capitol Hill and about 800 stormed inside the building following Biden’s victory.
Former United States President Donald Trump (2017-2021) said on Saturday night that pardon the crimes of those who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021 if he returns to power after the 2024 elections, a suggestion that promptly drew rejection from members of his own party.
The former president, who has not yet announced whether he will run in the 2024 presidential elections, has repeatedly rejected the prosecution of those who have been accused of violently attacking the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 elections.
For the first time, on Saturday night he stated that if he returns to the White House will use its power to pardon the crimes of those who have been convicted of assault.
“If I run and if I win, I will treat those people on January 6 fairly. We will treat them fairly and if that requires pardons, Well, we will forgive them because they are being treated in such an unfair way.Trump said, standing on a blue podium with the message: “Save America.”
Hours after the former president’s statements, members of his own party, the Republican, expressed their disagreement.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the representatives from South Carolina and an ally of the former president, said in an interview on CBS that his comments were “inappropriate” and argued that those who participated in the attack on the Capitol “should go to jail” because “they deserve it.”
Also disagreeing with Trump’s idea was the Republican governor of New Hampshire, Chris Sununu, who considered that the defendants of the assault on the Capitol “must be held accountable.”
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Five Dead people and about 140 agents were attacked.
To date, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has filed charges against more than 700 people, residents across the United States, for crimes ranging from physically attacking police officers to impeding the exercise of their dutiesincluding destroying government property and entering a restricted-access building.
The largest sentence issued to date – released on December 17 – fell on a man who attacked police officers with a fire extinguisher and was sentenced to five years and three months in prison. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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