Trump Says He’ll Aim to Pardon Jan. 6 Defendants on ‘First Day’
- President had broad powers to grant clemency to allies
- President-elect likens riot defendants to Biden pardoning son
Supporters of Donald Trump outside the US Capitol on Jan. 6. 2021.
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President-elect Donald Trump said he would use his powers on his “first day” in the White House to grant pardons to rioters involved in the attack on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
“I’m going to be acting very quickly,” Trump said in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press recorded on Friday, his first network TV interview since his election victory. “I’m going to look at everything. We’re going to look at individual cases.”