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Summary

Senator Lindsey Graham rejected Donald Trump’s call to imprison officials who investigated the January 6 Capitol attack, stating on NBC’s Meet the Press that such individuals “should not go to jail.”

This marks a rare public disagreement between Graham, typically a Trump ally, and the former president. Trump had recently stated that investigators, including former January 6 committee leaders Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney, “should go to jail.”

Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders denounced Trump’s comments as authoritarian and suggested Joe Biden consider pre-emptive pardons for investigators.

Over 1,250 people have been convicted for their roles in the Capitol attack.

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[–] TrickDacy 41 points 1 day ago

One of the problems with "the ends justify the means" is that morons like Susan Collins underestimate how bad the means were. "We can control him" won't do Jack shit when he starts imprisoning people for publicly disagreeing with him like this

[–] snekerpimp 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh wow, more theater. But I think I’ve seen this one before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

We also know he will agree with Trump eventually.

[–] CharlesDarwin 9 points 1 day ago

LOL, I wonder how long Lindsey's spine will hold up on that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Biden need to pardon them. Not doing so is like shooting your allies during war.

[–] mycelium_underground 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

It's not a pardon because they actually did anything illegal, just a preemptive measure to cut off Patels attempts.

Though, I've not really seen anyone even consider this but I'm not sure that they'll even bother respecting the pardons. I absolutely believe they'll still just go after hunter/ anyone else pardoned and nobody will stop them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Any crimes that may or may not have been committed from [Begining Date] to [End Date]"

[–] Ensign_Crab 10 points 1 day ago

Well, it's a good thing that Graham is known for never backtracking when he contradicts Trump.

[–] rayyy 8 points 1 day ago

Lady Lindsey will bow before the orange beast in a heartbeat.

[–] inclementimmigrant 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that will last all of one news cycle, the little bitch.