{"id":2389777,"date":"2025-01-13T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jan-6-pardon-would-begin-with-961-patriotic-americans-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T21:33:06","slug":"trump-jan-6-pardon-would-begin-with-961-patriotic-americans-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jan-6-pardon-would-begin-with-961-patriotic-americans-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Jan. 6 pardon would begin with 961 \u2018patriotic Americans\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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-jan-6-pardon-would-begin-with-961-patriotic-americans-washington-examiner%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=2389777&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>The article discusses President-elect Donald\u200b Trump&#8217;s promise to pardon individuals involved in the January 6 capitol riot. A \u200dkey\u200c defense group reports that nearly two-thirds of those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-will-be-made-to-celebrate\/\" title=\"You Will Be Made To Celebrate\">facing legal consequences<\/a> from the events are classified as nonviolent defendants, totaling \u2063961 individuals. The broader context shows that\u200b 1,593 people have been implicated\u2063 in arrests, trials, or convictions \u200brelated\u2064 to the\u2062 riot. Vice\u200d President-elect J.D. Vance indicated that the pardons would likely prioritize \u200cthose convicted of nonviolent charges, such as trespassing. The\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-magazine-takes-chinese-cash-to-promote-controversial-drone-business\/\" title=\"Time Magazine Takes Chinese Cash To Promote Controversial Drone Business\">article highlights<\/a> the\u200c ongoing legal\u2064 issues faced by \u2064these individuals and sheds light on the complexity\u200c of the Justice Department&#8217;s actions against them.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump Jan. 6 pardon would begin with 961 &lsquo;patriotic Americans&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1933979\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3284213\/jd-vance-promises-pardons-protested-peacefully-january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">promised pardon<\/a> of some of those involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot leading up to President Joe Biden&rsquo;s election certification is likely to begin with slightly less than two-thirds of those swept up in the Justice Department&rsquo;s dragnet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Figures provided by a key Jan. 6 defense group put the number of nonviolent defendants at 961 and said many more were wrongly accused by the Justice Department of violent acts that day.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, said <a href=\"https:\/\/lookaheadamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Look Ahead America,<\/a> there have been 1,593 people caught up in legal cases, trials, and convictions on Jan. 6 charges.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3284213\/jd-vance-promises-pardons-protested-peacefully-january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">J.D. Vance said<\/a> over the weekend that the president is likely to start with those who faced or were convicted of charges of trespassing and other nonviolent acts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3 days before Christmas the FBI busted open the door to his home and shot out the glass door in his bedroom. SWAT drew guns while flying a drone inside his home, tear gas and a flash bang, taking him handcuffed to the Los Angeles detention center then DC Gulag, charging him with&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nocfdBJiBo\">pic.twitter.com\/nocfdBJiBo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Look Ahead America (@LookAheadOrg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LookAheadOrg\/status\/1752360430050369702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you committed violence on that day, obviously, you shouldn&rsquo;t be pardoned. There&rsquo;s a little bit of a gray area there, but we&rsquo;re very much committed to seeing the equal administration of law. And there are a lot of people we think in the wake of Jan. 6 who were prosecuted unfairly. We need to rectify that,&rdquo; said Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been unclear on exactly who will get an initial pardon. Several key allies, notably Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3253638\/mtg-heralds-trumps-day-one-promise-of-jan-6-pardons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA), have sought a pardon for all involved, arguing that they&rsquo;ve been in jail long enough.<\/p>\n<p>She and others have said that the Jan. 6 felons deserve to be treated better, and she has compared their treatment to the hands-off approach to violent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3266900\/gop-majority-say-jan-6-protesters-treated-worse-than-blm-rioters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Black Lives Matter and antifa rioters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;m going to push for, even the Jan. 6 defendants that are serving time in prison right now, whether they fought with police officers or pushing and shoving in the tunnel. Maybe they even did damage, broke a window, and climbed in the Capitol. I think they&rsquo;ve served enough time. They didn&rsquo;t kill anybody, they didn&rsquo;t rape anybody, they didn&rsquo;t invade our country like all these illegal aliens. I think they&rsquo;ve served enough time, and they&rsquo;re political hostages,&rdquo; Greene recently told Secrets.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My view is every single one of them needs to be pardoned and released. And you know when I always say this, compare it to antifa and BLM rioters and protesters. Over 95% of charges dropped, let these people out of prison, give them their lives back. It&rsquo;s time. It&rsquo;s been too much,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Look Ahead America Executive Director Matt Braynard said Monday, &ldquo;We applaud J.D. Vance&rsquo;s commitment to those who, in his words, were &lsquo;provoked&rsquo; or received &lsquo;garbage trials.&rsquo; The new administration represents a rising sun, pushing back the dark night of injustice that America has endured under the Biden administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement revealing the numbers of those involved in the dragnet, he added, &ldquo;There are currently 1,593 Americans who&rsquo;ve been arrested by the Biden administration&rsquo;s Department of Justice. 961 of them have not been charged with any violent acts, and many of those charged with &lsquo;violence&rsquo; face trumped-up or false accusations from corrupt prosecutors. J6ers who have gone to trial have endured abuse from prosecutors and judges who willfully based their decisions on documented lies. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-mayor-giving-500-a-month-to-families-of-color-to-shrink-racial-wealth-gap\/\" title=\"Democrat Mayor Giving 0 A Month To Families Of Color To Shrink \u2018Racial Wealth Gap\u2019\">left-wing protesters<\/a> who engaged in identical actions during <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">past protests received mere slaps<\/a> on the wrist, the J6 patriots have faced over-prosecution and -sentencing so egregious that even the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1933979\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1933979\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s Jan. 6 pardon may start with 961 &#8216;patriotic Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2389778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23187567346036-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32087,12737,48439,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2389777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-jan-6","tag-pardon","tag-patriotic-americans","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23187567346036-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389777","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\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389781,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389777\/revisions\/2389781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}