Trump Says He'll Look 'Very Seriously' At Pardoning Jan. 6 Defendants If Reelected

[ProudMNDemocrat]

Seriously? Riot in my name, beat the hell out of cops, break windows, shit and piss on the carpets and walls, enter Congressional offices illegally, steal stuff, cause damage, etc, and "I will consider pardoning you."

Source:Huff Post

They face charges including assault, theft, trespassing, property destruction and conspiracy.

Donald Trump said Friday that he would look “very, very seriously” at pardoning his supporters who were charged in last year’s violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol if he’s elected president again.

Trump complained at a speech in Nashville, Tennessee, that people who were arrested after storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were “having their lives totally destroyed and being treated worse than terrorists and murderers.”

He added: “If I become president someday, if I decide to do it, I will be looking at them very, very seriously for pardons. Very, very seriously. They’ve been treated very unfairly.”

Trump hasn’t yet declared he’s running for the presidency.

He also falsely claimed that “most” of those arrested for the events of Jan. 6 were charged with nothing more than “parading through the Capitol.”

More at....[link:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-nashville-very-very-seriously-pardons-jan-6-insurrection_n_62acecfbe4b0cdccbe5d9bc1|

[Initech]

1. Holy shit. It would literally be like when Bane took over Gotham in Dark Knight Rises.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. It feels like we're in Gotham and Batman is no where to be found.

[Initech]

17. I know, right?

I feel like we're living in the movie Don't Look Up but instead of a giant asteroid hitting the earth, it's the US being taken over by totalitarian fascists. We can scream at people all we want that this is what is happening, and by the time it actually happens, it will be too late to stop it. So you might as well enjoy your freedoms while you can. Where's Leonardo DiCaprio when you need him?

[alwaysinasnit]

2. Well, even if that scenario played out, most if not all the insurrectionists will have finished

serving their prison time.

[Claustrum]

3. He is just saying that to keep his cultists motivated.

TFG says a lot of things and most things don't come true. It just has to sound nice for the time he is saying it and that's all it matters.

[alwaysinasnit]

7. That's what I figured. But I've got a feeling that tfg's supporters likely won't have the

intelligence to come up with your reasoning. More fools they.

[live love laugh]

4. Grifters gonna grift.

[brush]

5. Isn't that a form of bribery--promising something of value...

for declining to cooperate with government or LEO agencies?

[Claustrum]

10. I mean, he has done it throughout his "presidency".

The most famous one being the reason he got impeached the second time for, asking Ukraine to make up dirt on Joe Biden by withholding aids.

[sop]

6. Trump is still obstructing justice.

He's telling people to stay quiet and not flip on him by promising them pardons.

[tableturner]

19. BINGO!

[madaboutharry]

8. Presidential pardon powers need reform.

Presidential pardon powers were intended as a safeguard against unjustified political prosecutions. These powers have been corrupted.

They need to be reigned in and reformed.

[2naSalit]

9. He's bullshitting them...

“If I become president someday, if I decide to do it, I will be looking at them very, very seriously for pardons.

[Turbineguy]

11. Trump is a fuck-up.

Imagine robbers having 7 plans and methods to rob a bank and failing in all of them.

[MyOwnPeace]

12. You KNOW they'll buy it.....

He's NEVER lied to them before - it's just that those LibTards keep messing up his plans.
There's NO WAY he'd forget about them THIS time.......

[BlueIdaho]

13. "I demand to speak to my fearless leader!"

“Easily done - he’s in the next cell.”

[Hugin]

14. Re-elected?

So he now admits he lost?

[MyOwnPeace]

16. Nah, not really......

it's just that he been SO busy keeping up with his bullshit that he's tramping over his own lies over and over again - but the bottom line is: IT WAS STOLLEN!!!!! - HE WON BIGLY!!!!!!!

[IcyPeas]

18. but listen to the tone of his voice here. he ... just ... sounds ... so ... sincere.

Link to tweet

[UTUSN]

20. 'cause if there's anything he's known for it's looking seriously at stuff

[Hekate]

21. Dangling pardons. Dangle, dangle, dangle. See how many people will take the bait ...

… and also take the Fifth, on behalf of the Crime Boss.

[Dave says]

22. Don't believe him, MAGATs

He had between January 6th to January 20th to blanket pardon all MAGAT insurrectionists, but didn’t. He didn’t care then, and he doesn’t care now. He’s simply trying to con them out of more money and, perhaps, some votes.

[Baked Potato]

23. He would get 10s of 10s of votes for that bold policy proposal. Nt

[NCLefty]

24. "Sorry for not doing this back when I could have. At least I didn't forget my buddy Bannon though!"

[lindysalsagal]

25. The vast majority will already be out by then, moron. I thought this guy was a businessman?

Mortgages and such? He can't count?