Jan. 6 prosecutors describe 'shocking,' 'guttural' week after Trump's pardons
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors in the now-disbanded Capitol Siege Section of the D.C. U.S. attorney's office spent much of the last four years prosecuting cases against Jan. 6 rioters.
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Prosecutor in Jan. 6 cases responds to Trump's pardons of rioters
NBC News' Ryan Reilly spoke to attorney Jason Manning about the pardons President Trump had issued for criminal defendants for those involved in the Capitol riot after he worked as a prosecutor on ...NBC News - 2d -
New fallout after Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 defendants
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Prosecutors will have 'to sit on their hands' after Trump’s sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 defendants
President Donald Trump issued more than 1,500 pardons to people charged in connection to the Jan. 6 attack. NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Kelly O'Donnell, Justice Reporter Ryan Reilly ...NBC News - 3d -
Trump's pardons for rioters 'disturbing,' former top Jan. 6 prosecutor says
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Trump defends Jan. 6 pardons after first prisoners are released
President Trump defended his decision to pardon most of the Jan. 6 rioters after the release of the first prisoners got underway. The Trump administration also ordered all federal employees hired ...NBC News - 3d -
'Appalling': Current and former prosecutors lament Trump's Jan. 6 pardons
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These Jan. 6 rioters are out of prison after Trump pardons
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Raskin knocks Trump pardons for Jan. 6 rioters after receiving Biden pardon
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a former member of the Jan. 6 committee, sought to distinguish between the pardon he received from former President Biden compared to those President Trump gave to those ...The Hill - 4d -
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 ...The Hill - Jan. 18
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