The former president of the United States donald trump (2017-2021) said he would pardon the crimes of those who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021 if he returned to power after the 2024 elections, a suggestion that was quickly rejected by members of his own party.
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The former president, who has not yet announced whether he will appear at the 2024 presidential election, has repeatedly rejected the prosecution of those who have been accused of violently attacking the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying the victory of Joe Biden in the 2020 elections.
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For the first time, on Saturday night he stated that if he returns to the White House he will use his power to pardon the crimes of those who have been convicted of the assault.
“If I run and if I win, I will treat those people on January 6 fairly. We will treat them fairly, and if that requires pardons, then we will pardon them because they are being treated so unfairly,” he said.
Trump standing on a blue podium with the message: “Save the U.S“.
Hours after the former president’s statements, members of his own party, the Republican, expressed their disagreement. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the representatives from South Carolina and an ally of the former president, said in an interview on CBS that his comments were “inappropriate” and argued that those who participated in the attack on the Capitol “should go to jail” because “they deserve it”.
The Republican governor of New Hampshire, Chris Sununu, also disagreed with Trump’s idea, who considered that those accused of the assault on the Capitol “must be held accountable.”
On January 6, 2021, some 10,000 people marched to the Capitol and some 800 broke into the building to prevent Biden’s electoral victory over Trump from being ratified.
Five people died and about 140 agents were attacked. To date, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has charged more than 700 people, residents across the US, with crimes ranging from physically assaulting police officers to impeding the exercise of their duties. functions, including destroying government property and entering a restricted-access building.
The largest sentence issued to date – released on December 17 – fell on a man who attacked police officers with a fire extinguisher and was sentenced to five years and three months in prison. EFE
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