Judges denounce Trump’s January 6 pardons as based on ‘revisionist myth’
One of two federal judges says pardons ‘cannot whitewash the blood, feces, and terror that the mob left in its wake’
US federal judges have criticized Donald Trump’s decision to pardon more than 1,500 people involved in the January 6 insurrection, arguing that the clemency “cannot whitewash the blood, feces, and terror that the mob left in its wake” and that the president’s reasoning for the pardons was based on a “revisionist myth”.
The fierce condemnation came as the GOP scrambled to deal with Trump’s move, which was broader in scope than some Republicans had expected and included pardons for people convicted of assaulting police officers.
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