Jan. 6 violent riots should not be part of Trump’s pardons, says incoming vice president

US Vice President-elect JD Vance said Sunday that those responsible for the violence during the Capitol riots “clearly” should not be pardoned.

President-elect Donald Trump is promising to use his pardon power on January 6, 2021, on behalf of many of those who tried to overturn the results of the election Trump lost.

in an interview about Fox News Sunday, Vance said the pardon issue was “very simple,” adding that “peaceful protesters” should be pardoned and “if you were violent that day, obviously you shouldn’t be.” He later said there was “a bit of a gray area” in some cases.

Trump said he would grant amnesty to the rioters on “Day 1” of his presidency, which will begin on January 20: “Most likely, I will do it very soon.” Meet the press.

“Those people have suffered long and hard. And there may be some exceptions,” he added. “I have to see. But you know, if someone was a radical, he was crazy.”

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More than 1,500 people have been charged with federal crimes stemming from the siege that left more than 100 police officers injured and lawmakers sent into hiding as they met to confirm Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.

Hundreds of people who did not engage in vandalism or violence were charged with trespassing into the Capitol. Others were charged with serious crimes, including beating police officers. Leaders of two extremist groups, the Pledgers and the Proud Boys, were charged with seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors described as plans to use violence to stop a peaceful transfer of power from Trump to Biden.

In an article in X, Vance responded to criticism from supporters of the Capitol rioters that the position did not go far enough to free all convicts. “I have been defending these people for years.

“The president saying he’s going to look at every case (and I’m saying the same thing) is not backing down,” Vance said. “I assure you, we are interested in people who are wrongfully imprisoned. Yes, that includes people who commit sabotage and people who are prosecuted for littering.”