The Daily Blast
Trump’s Sick Vow to Pardon Jan. 6 Rioters Just Got Even Uglier
Many of the Jan. 6 prisoners that Trump has promised to release were charged with violently attacking law enforcement, a surprising new analysis finds.
One of Donald Trump’s central campaign promises has been to pardon untold numbers of rioters who attacked the Capitol—people he’s described as martyrs, victims and “hostages.” Now, an important new analysis finds that many of the inmates Trump has referred to are ones who violently attacked law enforcement officers. We talked to Tom Joscelyn, lead author of that analysis and a former senior Jan. 6 committee staffer, who explains how his findings blow apart a lot of Trump-MAGA propaganda about that dark and terrible day.
