Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a former member of the Jan. 6 committee, sought to differentiate between the pardon he acquired from former President Biden in comparison with these President Trump gave to those that stormed the Capitol.
Simply hours aside, each Biden and Trump issued plenty of pardons. An order from Biden gave a preemptive pardon to all 9 members of the panel that investigated the assault on the Capitol, whereas Trump, by way of a collection of pardons and commutations, cleared the slate for the greater than 1,500 folks being prosecuted for the assault.
“Look, the people who were pardoned the morning were pardoned because we were innocent, and Donald Trump was threatening [Former Rep.] Liz Cheney [(R-Wyo.)] and [Rep.] Bennie Thompson [(D-Miss.)] and others with fraudulent political prosecutions,” Raskin mentioned throughout an look on CNN, referring to the previous leaders of the Jan. 6 committee.
“The people who were just pardoned a little while ago, were pardoned because they were guilty of us violently assaulting police officers carrying dangerous weapons inside the Capitol, destroying federal property and so on, and it was just a mass pardon for all of them, without even looking to see whether those people were rehabilitated and Whether they continue to pose a threat to public safety.”
Raskin confused that pardons are usually given to those that confronted points with their prosecutions, got unusually harsh sentences, or have demonstrated regret or reform throughout their time in jail.
“Why were they being pardoned? That’s my question. In other words, were they innocent? Nobody’s asserting that. Were they denied due process? No one’s asserting that. So are they reformed and rehabilitated and no longer a threat to democracy, no longer a threat to society?” Raskin requested.
“Or were they being pardoned simply because they were the willing political soldier for Donald Trump when he incited an insurrection against the government?”
