Of course, what level of violence? How many who did way worse during the 2020 and on BLM riots and were never prosecuted? Heck, most who were picked up by the police were simply let go
Vance says those who ‘committed violence’ on Jan. 6 ‘obviously’ shouldn’t be pardoned
Vice President-elect JD Vance said people who “committed violence” on Jan. 6, 2021, “obviously” shouldn’t be pardoned by President-elect Trump.
“I think it’s very simple, look, if you protested peacefully on Jan. 6, and you had Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned,” Vance said during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
“If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned,” he continued. “And there’s a little bit of a gray area there.”
Vance said he and Trump are “very much committed” to the equal administration of law. He added that they believe there were people who were “prosecuted unfairly.”
“We need to rectify that,” Vance said.
Agree? Don’t agree? I’m on the fence, since the DOJ really hasn’t bothered that much in going after Democrat voters who commit violence against federal property? How about the ones who firebombed the Portland federal justice center while employees were in it, which would be felony arson and attempted murder? Employees were physically attacked outside the building. Yet, unless you do a super dig all you’ll find are articles from 2020 and 2021 about how few were arrested and how few were being prosecuted, nothing about actually going to jail. Why were J6ers treated differently, especially since none of their crimes were as serious.
Maybe commute the sentences of those who got violent and leave them with the mark on their record, while completely pardoning those who just wandered around and were peaceful, which is most?
Trump was president during the BLM/George Floyd protests.
So the attack occurred under president Trump, but the attacker was charged under Presient Biden.
To check on prison time for George Floyd protesters charged by the feds, visit https://rpubs.com/x387185/s2020
Mr Weier did NOT serve time in prison, receiving 2 years probation. Hundreds were charged by the feds and 80% were found guilty or pleaded guilty. Dozens were sentenced from 12 to 180 months in federal prsion.
Black “protester” David Elmakayes, 26, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 15 years for using an explosive device to damage an ATM machine on June 3 2020.
Will president Trump pardon these protesters? Should he?
Like President Biden, president-to-be Trump has conflicts of interest when it comes to pardons, but our Constitution is the Constitution. So President Biden could pardon his son, just as Trump will be able to pardon supporters who tried to violently overturn Biden’s election.
Both of them degrade the process. Donnie the Immune could even pardon political assassins!! Would Trump pardon a crazed devotee who murders those on Trump’s enemies list? Of course he can.
Of course Joey can.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/us/politics/guantanamo-prisoners-oman.html
Out of the thousands protesters nationwide contributing to the several billion in damages from the Floyd riots, the AP found that a grand total of 120 pleaded guilty or were convicted. In Portland, 60 out of 100 cases were dismissed
Define “violence”. Just walking around inside the Capital doesn’t meet the standard…and that is what the vast majority of protesters in prison did…just WALK AROUND.