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US President Donald Trump defends his decision to pardon 6 January Capitol Hill riot perpetrators (www.euronews.com)
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Published on: 22/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Trump suggested there could be a place in US politics for the far-right 'Proud Boys' and 'Oath Keepers' groups. They organised and rallied supporters to violence in the chaos that unravelled on 6 January. Trump used his first hours back in the Oval Office at the White House to erase records of more than 200 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting officers at the Capitol siege four years ago. JD Vance previously said that those who committed violence should “obviously not be pardoned” Trump suggested that his decision was fair. He stressed that the 16 commutations he issued to some perpetrators was because they “could have done things that were not acceptable for a full pardon”

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

It really does smell like 1930s Germany in here eh?

[–] ChowJeeBai 12 points 1 week ago

Every authoritarian needs their extra judicial enforcers after all.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Presidential pardons should not exist and Trump is the best advertisement for their disappearance. Biden did a great job on that front too incidentally.