'Terrified' Jan. 6 defendants 'literally holding our breath' for word on Trump pardons [View all]

This is the first time I have seen the new Trump WH say that the Jan 6 pardons will be
on a case-by-case schedule. Interesting.



'Terrified' Jan. 6 defendants 'literally holding our breath' for word on Trump pardons

Travis Gettys November 30, 2024 2:55PM ET


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Federal judges have been allowing Jan. 6 cases to proceed and prosecutors have even brought a handful of news ones since Election Day, even though defendants have tried to delay their cases past Inauguration Day in the belief that Trump will follow through on his campaign promise of clemency, reported Politico.

“President Trump will make pardon decisions on a case-by-case basis,” said incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.


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Trump suggested on the campaign trail that he would pardon nearly all of the rioters, including those who assaulted police officers, although he has also said he might not extend clemency to anyone who "got out of control," and his silence on the matter since the election has triggered anxiety for the defendants and their supporters.

“[H]onestly people have suffered for 4 years and many are still in flux and terrified," wrote Trump ally Brandon Straka, who spent three months in home detention after pleading guilty to Jan. 6 misdemeanors. "A word of reassurance from the top would go a long way for people. The silence on the issue just exacerbates the victims’ anxiety. Hopefully some kind of messaging comes soon.”

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Link to tweet

FILE PHOTO: Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo