Nearly 500 people have been sentenced to incarceration over the Jan. 6 riot, and prosecutors have secured more than 950 convictions.
Former President Donald Trump said Monday that one of his first acts as president if he wins in November would be to “free” those charged and convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free the January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.
It appeared to be the first time that he has definitively referred to releasing the Jan. 6 defendants as a Day One priority.
A spokesperson for President Joe Biden’s campaign, Sarafina Chitika, said in a statement in response to Trump’s comments that the former president “has shown he’ll do whatever it takes to hold on to power — including excusing and encouraging political violence.”
Friendly reminder. At Least 13 Off-Duty Police Officers Suspected Of Having Taken Part In Capitol Riot
Nevermind how many folks on the inside were totally cool with the breach. Police officer filmed posing for selfie with pro-Trump rioter inside US Capitol
The police are not on Biden’s side in this fight. Enormous numbers of law enforcement officers are going to be voting for Trump, campaigning for Trump, and very likely taking part in riots that follow if he loses (or wins, for that matters)
I get that, it’s just pretty awful that the victims are hung out to dry like this.
The Thin Blue Line ends where it begins. Law enforcement is a mafia and they respect their capo more than the gumbas on the street.