{"id":2387645,"date":"2025-01-07T21:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T02:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-promises-major-pardons-when-reporter-asks-about-jan-6-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T21:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T02:13:42","slug":"trump-promises-major-pardons-when-reporter-asks-about-jan-6-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-promises-major-pardons-when-reporter-asks-about-jan-6-prisoners\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Promises &#8216;Major Pardons&#8217; When Reporter Asks About Jan. 6 Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-promises-major-pardons-when-reporter-asks-about-jan-6-prisoners%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387645&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to issue significant pardons for individuals involved in the January \u200d6, 2021, Capitol insurrection during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. He expressed his administration&#8217;s intention to examine the circumstances of the incident and consider pardoning \u2064many\u200c who were convicted.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he would pardon those charged with violent offenses, Trump indicated that his administration is reviewing \u2064the entire situation.He cited the involvement of FBI confidential sources in the events of January 6 and mentioned that some individuals who committed serious offenses were not prosecuted, while\u200d others\u200c who did not\u200c enter the Capitol were jailed.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Trump claimed that new information is emerging that challenges the established narrative of the Capitol riot. Reports from the house Committee highlighted a\u2063 command from Trump\u200d on January 3 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-and-ramaswamy-were-the-only-gop-debaters-who-understood-their-base\/\" title=\"DeSantis and Ramaswamy got their base, others didn&#039;t.\">utilize military assets<\/a> for crowd safety, which was reportedly ignored by \u2062acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, who\u2062 feared it would lead to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wth-rino-dan-crenshaw-praises-liz-cheney-for-voting-to-impeach-president-trump-over-complete-lies-gets-roasted-on-twitter\/\" title=\"WTH? RINO Dan Crenshaw Praises Liz Cheney for Voting to Impeach President Trump Over Complete Lies \u2014 Gets ROASTED on Twitter\">constitutional crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump reiterated his support for pardoning \u2062January \u20646 defendants,suggesting that many have endured significant hardship. He hinted that the\u2063 pardons\u2063 could come quickly within his new administration, while acknowledging that some exceptions might apply \u2062as he reviews the cases.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will be &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">making major pardons&#038;rdquo<\/a>; on behalf of the individuals who entered the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The incoming commander-in-chief revealed during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida that his administration will examine the incident and pardon many who were convicted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You said on your first day of office, you&rsquo;re going to pardon Jan. 6 defendants. Are you planning to pardon those who were charged with violent offences,&rdquo; a reported asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re looking at it, and we have other people in there,&rdquo; Trump began.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President-Elect Trump pardoning January 6th defendants: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re be looking at the whole thing, but yes I&rsquo;ll be making major pardons, yes.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/arHvANly7j\">pic.twitter.com\/arHvANly7j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1876679962188468655?\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And as you see, I guess, 24 or 28 people came now from the FBI &mdash; that came out very quietly, nobody reported it &mdash; but they had people in some form related to the FBI,&rdquo; he continued, referencing&nbsp;a Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.justice.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/reports\/25-011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> released last month, which confirmed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doj-inspector-general-releases-jan-6-bombshell-dozens-fbi-confidential-human-sources-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a> had 26 confidential human sources who were &ldquo;in D.C. on January 6 in connection with the events.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to find out about Hezbollah. We have to find out about who exactly was in that whole thing because people that did some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-survival-guide-for-conservatives-during-the-biden-years\/\" title=\"A Survival Guide for Conservatives During the Biden Years\">bad things<\/a> were not prosecuted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He then asserted that at least some of the individuals who were present at the Capitol on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nancy-pelosi-jan-6-grandstanding-backfires-gets-reminded-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan. 6<\/a> broke the law in especially brazen ways but were not held accountable to the same extent as others.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I see it all the time, and you see it, too,&rdquo; Trump continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People that were doing some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signals-major-pardons-on-the-way-for-jan-6-defendants\/\" title=\"Trump signals \u2018major pardons\u2019 on the way for Jan. 6 defendants\">bad things weren&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t prosecuted, and people that didn&rsquo;t even walk into the building were in jail right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be looking at the whole thing, but I&rsquo;ll be making major pardons, yes,&rdquo; Trump continued.<\/p>\n<p>Just over four years after the incursion into the Capitol, new revelations are indeed raising questions about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-attempts-milk-final-jan-6-office-worth-demands-annual-remembrance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">narrative<\/a> surrounding the event.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/6\/d\/6dae7b82-7683-4f56-a177-ba98695e600d\/145DD5A70E967DEEC1F511764D3E6FA1.final-interim-report.pdf#page71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the House Committee on House Administration revealed last month that Trump had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/j6-bombshell-trump-didnt-just-offer-military-protect-capitol-ordered-disobeyed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ordered<\/a> his staff on Jan. 3, 2021, to &ldquo;use any and all military assets necessary to ensure safety for the planned demonstrations&rdquo; but was defied.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller &ldquo;ignored and dismissed the Commander-in-Chief&rsquo;s order to use any military assets necessary,&rdquo; according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The official told the Defense Department Inspector General that &ldquo;there was absolutely &mdash; there is absolutely no way I was putting U.S. Military forces at the Capitol,&rdquo; the report noted, because he feared provoking &ldquo;the greatest Constitutional crisis probably since the Civil War.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has previously promised to pardon Jan. 6 offenders on Day One of his administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Most likely, I&rsquo;ll do it very quickly,&rdquo; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-interview-meet-press-kristen-welker-election-president-rcna182857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Those people have suffered long and hard. 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During a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, he mentioned that his administration would review the events and consider pardoning many convicted individuals. When asked if he would pardon those charged with violent crimes, Trump responded, &#8220;We\u2019re looking at it&#8230; but yes I\u2019ll be making major pardons.&#8221; He also referenced a Justice Department report indicating that the FBI had numerous confidential sources present during the Capitol events and expressed concern over unequal prosecution of individuals involved. Trump reiterated his commitment to reviewing the situation and issuing significant pardons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2387646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Donald-Trump-7.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36978,4133,12559,10703,3634],"class_list":["post-2387645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-january-6","tag-news","tag-pardons","tag-prisoners","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Donald-Trump-7.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387645"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387649,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387645\/revisions\/2387649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}