Attorney General Pam Bondi similarly declared, “If you touch a law enforcement officer, if you spit on a law enforcement officer, if you batter a law enforcement officer, we are coming after you. No longer will you abuse the great men and women of law enforcement.”

Around the same time, Bondi’s Justice Department hired a Jan. 6 rioter who was literally filmed urging his fellow insurrectionists to “kill” police officers.

But the list continues to grow.

Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-11T14:30:36.424Z

....Not surprisingly, this has led many observers to wonder why the president and his team held Jan. 6 rioters, who violently clashed with law enforcement personnel at the U.S. Capitol, to an entirely different standard. On CNN’s “State of the Union,” host Jake Tapper pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on this very point, showing her — and viewers — footage of pro-Trump insurrectionists physically attacking officers and reminding the South Dakota Republican that Trump pardoned those who committed those acts of violence.

Noem tried to hedge and dodge, refusing to engage on the underlying point, prompting Tapper to make things plain.

“I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers — undisputed proof, undisputed evidence,” the host reminded his guest. “And I just said President Trump pardoned all of them. And you said that President Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. It’s just not true. There’s a different standard for law enforcement officials being attacked if they’re being attacked by Trump supporters.”