Full of Shit-Trump could have pardoned at least a 100, maybe even all, of the Capitol riot suspects
........Trump had the ability to pardon maybe about a hundred Capitol rioters known to law enforcement and very likely could have preemptively pardoned all of them before they were identified. Would a total blanket pardon have survived a challenge from the Biden Administration? Probably not, but it would have been an unparalleled years-long clusterfuck to try to reverse it, putting courts into completely uncharted territory and likely ultimately constraining presidential pardon powers if it were successful.
However the true bottom line is that Trump didn't even try to issue a preemptive blanket pardon to all those who were eventually charged with committing crimes at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021, much less the 58 who had been charged or the few dozen to a hundred or so that had been identified and were sought by the FBI, a smaller group whose reprieve would have been on much more solid ground. The Orange Satan can make all the pledges he wants when he's screaming at bunch of rednecks and not follow through, however this is one where his track record very unambiguously says he's full of shit. He had the chance to walk the walk and he didn't even try, even with at least two of them actually directly asking for his help.
Or, as Proud Boy captain Ethan Nordean put it in a message to his fellow fascist gangbangers on Inauguration Day in 2021, per court documents in his federal conspiracy case: "FUCK TRUMP! Fuck him more than Biden. I've followed this guy for 4 years and given everything and lost it all. Yes he woke us up, but he led us to believe some great justice was upon us… and it never happened, now I've got some of my good friends and myself facing jail time cuz we followed this guys lead and never questioned it. We are now and always have been on our own. so glad he was able to pardon a bunch of degenerates as his last move and shit on us on the way out"
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https://nationalzero.com/2022/01/30/reminder-trump-could-have-pardoned-at-least-a-hundred-maybe-all-of-the-capitol-riot-suspects-before-he-left-office-and-didnt/
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