Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Wednesday on CNN's “The Newsroom” that President Joe Biden's legal proceedings against the lawmakers who headed the Jan. 6 committee “ultimately… He said he was “strongly opposed” to pardoning Trump, as it would spark a backlash against Donald Trump.
“I strongly oppose a pre-emptive pardon. First of all, it would be perceived as an implicit admission of guilt in some sense,” Blumenthal said. , and the state attorney general 20 I know. And people should know that walking into a courtroom and making accusations is far from proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. There is no evidence of wrongdoing against the members of the Jan. 6 committee who filed or prosecuted them. And it is those at the top who are likely to benefit from a preemptive pardon, while those at the bottom still face those types of prosecutions. You will have a fear of
He added: “But let's have faith in the criminal justice system and standards of evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that such baseless and unwarranted accusations against people who were simply doing their jobs will ultimately I think it's going to spark a backlash against Donald Trump, his acquittal, his defense. I would like to contribute, of course, or by the pro bono legal team, because I think the cost of the investigation should be borne by the defense fund.I am signing up because I think they are on the right side. Add me. And we should make these cases a test case of the principles of justice.”
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