Vice President-elect J.D. Vance said Sunday on Fox News that the incoming administration’s plans for a Jan. 6 pardon will depend on whether the imprisoned protesters were violent.
President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged more than 1,200 people in nearly all 50 states in connection with the storming of the Capitol. On “Fox News Sunday,” host Shannon Bream asked Vance where “the line” is drawn regarding pardoning people punished for the riot. (Related: ‘Be it the facts’: CNN’s David Urban hits back at panel discussion, says not all J6 attendees were violent)
“I think it’s very simple. Look, if you protested peacefully on January 6th and were treated like a gang member by Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice, you should be forgiven.” said Vance.
“If you were violent that day, of course you shouldn’t be forgiven. There’s a little bit of a gray area there, but we’re committed to equal administration of the law,” Vance added. Ta. “We believe there are a lot of people who were unfairly prosecuted after January 6th. We need to fix that.”
Video footage from that day showed various people involved in the incident, some getting into altercations with Capitol Police and others possibly getting involved with police. Saw I walk quietly inside the building.
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In March 2024, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals found that some of the January 6th defendants had their sentences unfairly extended. He sided with Larry Bullock, who was sentenced to two years in prison in 2023. Formal procedure. Biden’s Justice Department tried to argue that enhanced sentences for those who obstruct the judicial process should also apply to those who obstructed Congress’ certification of the 2020 presidential election, but the committee Officials pushed back, saying their crimes could not be simply labeled as “obstruction.” Along with judicial administration. ”
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken out about his thoughts on pardons. tell NBC’s Kristen Welker spoke in December about how she planned to examine the “individual cases” of those charged in the Jan. 6 attack. Ahead of a recent debate, President Trump told CNN’s Caitlin Collins in May 2023 that he intended to pardon “the vast majority” of people who were indicted in the federal government, including Proud Boys who were indicted. When asked about pardoning the four members of the group, he mentioned how he views the incident. .
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