Vice President-elect J.D. Vance He refused to commit that the January 6 rioters would be pardoned by Donald Trump the day the administration takes office and said those convicted of violent crimes should not be pardoned. This is not what Donald Trump said when he promised broad pardons on the first day of his administration for anyone involved in those riots. “Those people have suffered a lot and for a long time,” he said, adding that there could be some exceptions, but he would look at individual cases.
More than 1,250 people were convicted or pleaded guilty for their role in the Capitol riot, with charges ranging from trespassing to seditious conspiracy. Several rioters attempted to attack senior elected officials, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi and then-Vice President Mike Pence.
“I think it’s very easy,” Vance told Bream. “If you peacefully protested on January 6 and have had (Attorney General) Merrick Garland’s Justice Department treat you like a gang member, you should be forgiven. “If you committed violence that day, you obviously shouldn’t be forgiven.”
“There’s a little bit of gray area there, but we are very committed to equitable administration of the law, and we believe that there are many people, in the wake of January 6, who were unfairly prosecuted,” Vance said. saying.
Some Republican lawmakers have urged Trump to grant pardons for all january 6 rioters. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a close Trump ally, told Related Press last week that those imprisoned for the attacks, regardless of their crime, should be freed.
“Even those who fought the Capitol Police and caused damage to the Capitol, I think they have served their time and I think they should all be pardoned and released from prison,” Greene said.
