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ormer President Donald Trump said Thursday he will “very, very seriously” consider full pardons for the rioters who breached the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, if he runs for reelection and wins.
“I will tell you, I will look very, very favorably about full pardons. If I decide to run and if I win, I will be looking very, very strongly about pardons. Full pardons,” Trump said on Wendy Bell Radio Thursday, adding: “We’ll be looking very, very seriously at full pardons because we can’t let that happen. … And I mean full pardons with an apology to many.”
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the House select committee investigating January 6, told CNN’s Victor Blackwell on “CNN Tonight” Thursday night that she found Trump’s pardon remarks “shocking,” especially after a January 6 rioter was sentenced earlier in the day to 10 years for assaulting a police officer.
“That the former President would be talking about pardoning people who engaged in that behavior really is shocking,” the California Democrat said.
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