Several of the Jan. 6 defendants have already asked judges to delay or pause the cases in light of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise of clemency.
Defendant Christopher Carnell’s attorney first motion On Wednesday, the judge postponed the hearing of his case in the wake of Trump’s victory. rejected request.
“President-elect Trump made multiple clemency promises to the January 6th defendants, particularly the nonviolent participants, throughout the campaign,” Carnell’s lawyers said in a filing. “Mr. Carnell, who joined the Capitol as an 18-year-old nonviolent activist on January 6, is hopeful that once a new administration takes office, he will be freed from the criminal charges he currently faces.”
His lawyers wrote that Carnell “is currently awaiting further information from the Office of the President-elect regarding the timing and anticipated scope of any pardon action related to his case.”
“President Trump will make pardon decisions on a case-by-case basis,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Caroline Levitt said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
As of October, more than 1,500 defendants had been charged in the January 6th act. According to to the Ministry of Justice. More than 1,000 people have already been sentenced, of which 645 have been sentenced to prison and 143 to home detention.
Another defendant, Anna Lichnovsky, requested Her sentencing date was postponed on Thursday to “seek a presidential pardon.” (Related: Trump’s legal problems evaporate as Americans send him back to the White House)
Defendants Jamie Avery and Nicholas Fuller asked They asked Wednesday to suspend their respective sentencing hearings, but both requests were also denied.
avery’s lawyer I wrote “It’s hard for Mr. Avery to spend even one day in prison when the man who played a central role in organizing and instigating the events of January 6th will never face the consequences for his role. , it’s a terrible disparity.”
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Mitchell Bosch’s attorney requested “Due to the heightened public sentiment and extensive media attention surrounding yesterday’s presidential election,” he wrote, he will not be able to receive a fair trial in Washington, D.C., next week. judge rejected This is a request from Bosch.
“If jurors believe that the president-elect is a threat to democracy, does not take the events of January 6, 2021 seriously, and will pardon those involved in that day, then their judgment… There is a real and serious possibility that the next president will pardon the next president. It would send a message that we disagree,” his attorney wrote.
President Trump promises to pardon multiple defendants times throughout his campaign.
“I would like to pardon many of them, because some of them probably got out of control, although I can’t say about all of them,” he said. said At CNN Town Hall in May 2023.
He said this during a panel discussion at the National Association of Black Journalists in July. said He would “absolutely” forgive innocent people. “They were convicted by a very strict system,” he said.
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