Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) stated Tuesday she would provide guided excursions of the Capitol to the Jan. 6 rioters who simply obtained a sweeping pardon from President Trump.
“I’ll be the first member of Congress to offer them a guided tour in the Capitol,” Boebert stated Tuesday standing exterior a Washington, D.C., jail the place some defendants have been being held, in response to footage from NBC Information.
The staunch Trump ally was surrounded by onlookers who cheered in response to her announcement.
“President Trump signed a pardon yesterday, demanding that they be pardoned, all of them, and released,” Boebert stated. “But now we’re waiting on 22 hostages, here in this jail.”
Trump on Monday evening, in one in every of his first official acts as president, granted roughly 1,500 “full, complete and unconditional pardons” for rioters charged in reference to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault. There have been 1,583 complete defendants charged.
About 600 Jan. 6 defendants have been accused of assaulting, resisting or impeding police. Ten defendants have been convicted of sedition, the crown jewel of the Justice Division’s sprawling prosecution.
“These men have already paid too much time, more time than they ever should have. They should’ve never been locked up,” Boebert stated Tuesday exterior the jail.
“I’m hoping that these guys are out before I’m able to return,” she added. “And if they’re not, I’m coming back. I want to see them for their release.”
The Hill has reached out to Boebert for remark.
