A majority of U.S. voters say they believe President-elect Trump will pardon those who stormed the U.S. Capitol when he returns to the White House on January 6, 2021, according to a report. . new vote.
In the survey, Released on Wednesday According to Politico/Morning Consult, 40% of registered voters are “very likely” to pardon the defendants on January 6, given Trump's victory over Vice President Harris in the 2024 presidential election. Said it was expensive. A further 29% said it was only “somewhat likely” that they would.
About 9% of registered voters said it was “somewhat unlikely” that President Trump would pardon those convicted on January 6th. Only 6% said it was “very unlikely”.
On the campaign trail, the president-elect claimed that if he wins, he will “quickly review the cases of all political prisoners who have been unjustly victimized by the Harris administration and sign their pardons on day one.”
More than 1,500 people have been charged and more than 640 sentenced since the Capitol attack, according to the Justice Department.
President Trump has often defended his supporters caught up in the Capitol riot, calling them warriors.
“Those J6 warriors, they were warriors, but really, more than anything else, they are victims of what happened,” President Trump said at a campaign rally.
“All they were doing was protesting election fraud. That's what they were doing,” he added.
The former president also faced a federal election overturning case related to his efforts to stay in power after losing to President Biden in 2020. Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to dismiss the case in the wake of the election results, given the Justice Department's policy against prosecuting sitting presidents and the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling. Ta.
A judge granted the motion to dismiss earlier this week.
The Politico/Morning Consult poll was conducted Nov. 20-22 among 4,012 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
