'Appalling': Current and former prosecutors lament Trump's Jan. 6 pardons

On the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot, then-Attorney General Merrick Garland tried to convey the enormous scope of the law enforcement effort to bring the rioters to justice, calling it “one of the largest, most complex and most resource-intensive investigations in our history.”

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Former Capitol Police officer calls Trump's Jan. 6 pardons a "slap in the face"

One of the dozens of actions President Trump took during his first hours in office was to grant clemency to all of the more than 1,500 people charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Former ...
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Trump's Jan. 6 pardons include violent offenders

The scale of President Trump's Day 1 pardons for Jan. 6 defendants surprised many since they included those convicted of assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy. CBS News congressional ...
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Trump pardons about 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants

President Trump pledged on the campaign trail to absolve those who were charged for their conduct on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Trump pardons thousands of Jan. 6 defendants

President Trump pardoned about 1,500 defendants convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot on Monday night, hours after returning to the Oval Office. CBS News' Major Garrett, Fin Gómez, Lindsey ...
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Trump signs pardons for Jan. 6 rioters

President Donald Trump signed approximately 1,500 pardons for criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot attack.
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DC’s top prosecutor on Trump's potential Jan. 6 pardons: ‘I don't see a basis’

The outgoing top prosecutor for the nation’s capital said that he doesn’t see a basis for President-elect Trump to pardon those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an exit interview with ...
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Trump promises pardons for Jan. 6 Capitol rioters

President-elect Donald Trump has promised pardons for those who stormed the Capitol four years ago to try to disrupt the certification of President Biden's election win. CBS News political ...
CBS News - Jan. 6
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio asks Trump for Jan. 6 pardon

Politico - Jan. 6
Former Capitol Police sergeant rips Trump over Jan. 6 pardons pledge

Former Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell in a new op-ed criticizes President-elect Trump over his pledge to pardon supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, calling it ...
The Hill - Jan. 6
Former Capitol Police officers call Trump’s vows to pardon Jan. 6 rioters ‘a betrayal’

Former Capitol Police officers present during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection said President-elect Trump’s commitment to pardon rioters is “a betrayal.” “It’s a betrayal, a stab in the heart,” former ...
The Hill - Jan. 4

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