Trump Weighs Jan. 6 Clemency With Congress Set to Ratify His Win
- Trump promised pardons for 2021 mob; form and timing unclear
- Prosecutors, judges press on as White House transition nears
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Four years after a mob attacked the US Capitol to support Donald Trump’s last-gasp effort to overturn his election loss, the events of Jan. 6, 2021, have evolved into a political and cultural flashpoint — with little lasting damage to the president-elect.
The attack faced bipartisan condemnation in the immediate aftermath. But as Trump made 2020 election denialism a core part of his post-first term identity, downplaying the severity of the attack and denouncing the prosecutions that followed became a sign of loyalty and helped propel him to a second term.