Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Subject: obviously you shouldn't be pardoned, Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:44:09 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: Reply-To: JAB MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:44:11 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="31526f6e73964fb4aec389460af85ecb"; logging-data="254883"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19x4jbQNApfs6vU0YJX3nZ3" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:D2m76AW7jPpV5Z4oIzOpPTrEMzY= They assaulted cops and tried to overturn an election. What to know about Trump's mass pardons for January 6 rioters .... .... .... Trump went further than anyone expected During and after the 2024 campaign, Trump kept the door open to pardoning every defendant. But he also hedged at times. In recent weeks, Trump's allies signaled that pardons would be restricted to nonviolent defendants. Vice President JD Vance said this month, "if you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn't be pardoned," and House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that "peaceful protesters should be pardoned, but violent criminals should not." Trump adviser Jason Miller echoed this in an interview Monday morning with CNN's Jake Tapper before Trump was inaugurated. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics/what-to-know-pardons-january-6-trump/index.html Law and order party is not...