Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) suggested on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that the defendants in the Jan. 6 assault should not be pardoned by President Donald Trump.
Host Dana Bash said, “One of the many things the president-elect promised was to pardon many of the rioters on January 6th. We heard last week that Vice President-elect J.D. Vance , I heard him say that if someone committed violence that day, they shouldn't be pardoned. There's a bit of a gray area there, he said. According to the Department of Justice, 608 people have been charged with assaulting, resisting, or obstructing a police officer. 174 of those defendants used a deadly or dangerous weapon against a police officer. So do you agree with Vice President-elect Vance that these people should not be pardoned?
“Whether it's President Trump or Vice President Vance, I've always believed that people who didn't commit violence should be forgiven. I think that's where the American people are. I think that's where the president is,” Jordan said. .”
“What happens to those who actually commit violence?” Bash said.
“I think on a case-by-case basis, whether they committed an act of violence against a police officer or not, maybe they shouldn't,” Jordan said. I think JD pointed that out. I think the pardon system is a power that only the president has on a case-by-case basis, and the president has full authority to pardon anyone he wants to pardon. , I think he's going to focus on all the people who didn't commit the violence. I think there certainly needs to be a pardon. I think that's number 174 that you mentioned. He's going to look at them on a case-by-case basis. I think we are considering it.”
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