Wednesday, January 22, 2025

'I Just Can't Agree': Trump's Jan. 6 Pardons Face Pushback from Some Republican Senators

Some Republicans on Capitol Hill were particularly critical of the pardons for those convicted of assaulting police officers, while others declined to defend Trump's move.

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The pardons of the rioters are about more than just rewards, it's a signal to the future. My latest adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trump-pard ...

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-- Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM

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Is Susan Collins concerned yet?

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-01-22 10:49 AM

When Trump was asked why he had pardoned individuals who had been convicted of attacking Capital police officers on January 6th, he seemed to not know that that was the case:

www.huffpost.com

OCU

#2 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-01-22 11:12 AM

So Felon47 pardoned the -------- who assaulted police officers and now the fraternal order of police who supported him issued a letter expressing their disapproval of this. What did you think was going to happen poindexters? Y'all got played. Of course he was going to pardon THEM ALL just to get his accomplices in the planning of it out of jail since they took the fall for him.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-01-22 11:28 AM

When Trump was asked why he had pardoned individuals who had been convicted of attacking Capital police officers on January 6th, he seemed to not know that that was the case:
#2 | Posted by OCUser

That's his M.O.

He's got playing dumb down to an art form. That way he never has to take responsibility for anything he does. And the American people go along with it.

#4 | Posted by censored at 2025-01-22 11:46 AM

"F--k it: Release 'em all": Why Trump embraced broad Jan. 6 pardons"

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#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-22 11:51 AM

Dementia Don is signing whatever his handlers put in front of him.
Who is really running this country?

#6 | Posted by eightfifteenpm at 2025-01-22 12:17 PM

Will they ever run out of ways to tick off people as a form of leadership? When is the time where all are led?

#7 | Posted by Brennnn at 2025-01-22 12:23 PM

- Who is really running this country?

Herr Musk, the power (money) behind Chancellor Trump.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-22 12:26 PM

When is the time where all are led?

#7 | POSTED BY BRENNNN

Gotta wait until the concentration camps are ready.

There will be plenty of work for all. Work will set you free!

Then all will be led to the "showers".

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-01-22 12:28 PM

"Trump has once again sent a disturbing message to his supporters:

If you engage in political violence on my behalf, I will protect you. Tarrio, Rhodes and their associates should feel emboldened, and there is no telling what they will do with Trump now firmly behind them."

www.politico.com

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"Trump May Come to Regret His Jan. 6 Pardons. Here's Why.
The potential for political backlash is real " now and in the future."

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-22 12:44 PM

"A federal judge sounded off Wednesday about President Donald Trump's decision to pardon and dismiss charges against virtually all defendants who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, saying the "immutable" record of the violence and heroism of law enforcement that day will remain enshrined in court records.

"Dismissal of charges, pardons after convictions, and commutations of sentences will not change the truth of what happened on January 6, 2021," U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in a six-page order dismissing charges against Dominic Box, whom she had previously convicted of two felony counts for his role in the riot.

"What occurred that day is preserved for the future through thousands of contemporaneous videos, transcripts of trials, jury verdicts, and judicial opinions analyzing and recounting the evidence through a neutral lens," Kollar-Kotelly wrote.

"Those records are immutable and represent the truth, no matter how the events of January 6 are described by those charged or their allies."

www.politico.com

Most Americans disagree with this "F-it" mass pardon of convicted criminals who tried to overturn an Election.

All but the Trumpers, really.

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-22 12:55 PM

Trump May Come to Regret His Jan. 6 Pardons. Here's Why.
The potential for political backlash is real " now and in the future."

#10 | Posted by Corky

Unlikely, he's only got one term.
What are they going to do? Impeach him?

He's balls to the walls.

#12 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-01-22 12:59 PM

- he's only got one term

You might want to send him a memo about that... he's not convinced.

slate.com

You could get someone to type it for you... maybe a 5 year old.

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-22 01:05 PM

I mean, when you are done fantasizing about his 'balls', of course.

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-22 01:06 PM

"One of the people who served jail time for taking part in the US Capitol riot four years ago has refused a pardon from President Donald Trump, saying:

"We were wrong that day."

Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 days in prison, told the BBC that there should be no pardons for the riot on 6 January 2021.

"Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police officers, rule of law and, of course, our nation," she said.

"I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, and accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative."

Hemphill, who was nicknamed the "Maga granny" by social media users - in reference to Trump's "make America great again" slogan - said she saw the Trump government as trying to "rewrite history and I don't want to be part of that".

www.bbc.com

#15 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-22 01:22 PM

"Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police officers, rule of law and, of course, our nation," she said.

"I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, and accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative."

Hope she has some other country she can go to. She disagreed with Trumpy. She is no longer safe here.

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-01-22 01:47 PM

"I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, and accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative."

No it wouldn't, by accepting the pardon, you accept your guilt.

#17 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-01-22 02:01 PM

Most of the J6 crowd was lucky the cops were so badly under-staffed that day.

Memo to all you thug-live types out there:
Don't try this at home. The local Po-Po know about that certain stairwell at the precinct house where the surveillance camera is broken, and has been for some time. No need to fall down it twice, then be treated to a truncheon bath for 'trying to escape'...

And what will be made of the shooting of Ashli Babbitt? Asking for a rabble-rouser...

#18 | Posted by catdog at 2025-01-22 02:10 PM

Yeah, right.

Their "pushback" and $4 will get you a cup coffee.

They all voted for 'im, so, fug 'em all.

#19 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-01-22 02:24 PM

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