Not only did he pardon them, but his nuanced analysis was "#$%! it. Release them all."
JD Vance had said just days before, "If you committed violence that day, obviously you shouldn't be pardoned." Recognizing that some had done really bad things.
Trump said "We're going to look at individual cases." but when burdened with the actual work of looking at 1500 individual cases, he just couldn't be bothered.
Trump instigated the January 6th insurrection. Jan 6 resulted in four deaths that day, several responding officers committing suicide in the following months, 140 police officers injured, and damage to the Capitol and security upgrades costing tens of millions of dollars.
thrawtes on January 7th, 2026 at 03:53 UTC »
The problem is that the people this needs to reach the most will just be inspired by it.
rejeremiad on January 7th, 2026 at 04:14 UTC »
Not only did he pardon them, but his nuanced analysis was "#$%! it. Release them all."
JD Vance had said just days before, "If you committed violence that day, obviously you shouldn't be pardoned." Recognizing that some had done really bad things.
Trump said "We're going to look at individual cases." but when burdened with the actual work of looking at 1500 individual cases, he just couldn't be bothered.
Denver-Ski on January 7th, 2026 at 13:17 UTC »
Trump instigated the January 6th insurrection. Jan 6 resulted in four deaths that day, several responding officers committing suicide in the following months, 140 police officers injured, and damage to the Capitol and security upgrades costing tens of millions of dollars.
Jack Smith’s testimony on the January 6th insurrection.
John Oliver on Trump’s Epstein connections
The Epstein trump files must have some SINISTER shit redacted