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RawStory: Trump risks 'significant blowback' with decision on pardons for Jan. 6 rioters [View all]
RawStory - Trump risks 'significant blowback' with decision on pardons for Jan. 6 rioters
Travis Gettys
November 12, 2024
9:38AM ET
Donald Trump has pledged to pardon the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, but he faces "significant blowback" no matter how he chooses to approach the matter.
The president-elect's loyalists expect him to grant maximum clemency to even the most violent rioters, but a solid majority of voters oppose that and some of Trump's GOP allies have urged him not to pardon anyone who assaulted police at the U.S. Capitol, reported CNN.
“He’s got a tough decision to make,” said Jeffrey Crouch, an expert on presidential pardons who teaches at American University. “Does he do nothing, allow the court cases to proceed, and risk angering his base? Or does he abuse the pardon power to grant clemency to insurrectionists?”
Micki Witthoeft, the mother of slain rioter Ashli Babbitt, is a leader in a national movement of MAGA activists pushing for the release of Jan. 6 defendants, and Trump risks angering some of his most vocal supporters if he decides to let some of them remain behind bars.
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Travis Gettys
November 12, 2024
9:38AM ET
Donald Trump has pledged to pardon the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, but he faces "significant blowback" no matter how he chooses to approach the matter.
The president-elect's loyalists expect him to grant maximum clemency to even the most violent rioters, but a solid majority of voters oppose that and some of Trump's GOP allies have urged him not to pardon anyone who assaulted police at the U.S. Capitol, reported CNN.
“He’s got a tough decision to make,” said Jeffrey Crouch, an expert on presidential pardons who teaches at American University. “Does he do nothing, allow the court cases to proceed, and risk angering his base? Or does he abuse the pardon power to grant clemency to insurrectionists?”
Micki Witthoeft, the mother of slain rioter Ashli Babbitt, is a leader in a national movement of MAGA activists pushing for the release of Jan. 6 defendants, and Trump risks angering some of his most vocal supporters if he decides to let some of them remain behind bars.
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