'Their lives were ruined': Trump defends pardons for those in connection with Jan 6.
President Trump defended his decision to pardon roughly 1,500 criminal defendants and commute the sentences of more than a dozen others in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump said they, "served their time in prison," during remarks.
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Trump pardons nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants
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