Summary
Following Donald Trump’s election victory, supporters charged in the January 6 Capitol attack are requesting delays in their cases, hoping for pardons after his inauguration.
Attorneys for Christopher Carnell, 21, a nonviolent participant, cited Trump’s campaign promises to pardon January 6 defendants. D.C. District Judge Beryl Howell denied Carnell’s request for a delay.
Trump’s clemency promises and anticipated halting of the January 6 investigation by the Justice Department have raised hopes among defendants for relief under the new administration.
Over 1,500 individuals have been charged in connection with the Capitol assault, with many facing violent assault charges.
He didn’t have all three branches of government on his side last time.
The president doesn’t need approval from Congress or Judiciary to issue a pardon. Trump doesn’t care about J6 convictions. They are suckers to him.
These are people who have proved that they will commit acts of violence for Trump. He may consider them suckers, but they sure are useful suckers, and they’re more useful back out on the street.
Nah, there’s more where they came from. Besides, his for profit prison buddies want them in jail.
Yeah but he also doesn’t give a single fuck about any of these people.
Not to mention, these are people that have proven that they’ll try to attack the government if made angry enough. Now, it was Trump that got them angry on his behalf last time, sure, and few if any are likely to eventually change their minds and turn on him, but if you’re about to be the government and dont need these people anymore, is having such people publicly pardoned really the precedent you’re going to want so set?