- Trump says, “If I run, and if I win, we’ll treat those people fairly from Jan. 6.”
- Says “we will pardon them for being treated so unfairly.”
- More than 700 people have been arrested as part of the investigation into the riots that left five people dead and the country reeling.
Former US President Donald Trump has suggested he would pardon some of those indicted for their part in last year’s attack on the US Capitol if he was re-elected in the 2024 presidential election.
“If I run, and if I win, we’ll treat those people fairly from Jan. 6. We’ll treat them fairly. And if a pardon is needed, we’ll pardon them because they’re being treated so unfairly,” Trump said at a rally on Saturday night in Conroe, Texas.
Hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the US legislature in Washington on January 6 last year in an attempt to block the certification of President Joe Biden’s November 2020 election victory.
More than 700 people have been arrested as part of the investigation into the riots that left five people dead and the country reeling. That list grows day by day as the extensive research progresses.
Most suspects are not charged with violence or vandalism, but only with illegal entry into the building and are generally charged with misdemeanor.
However, some longer sentences have been handed down and more of the approximately 225 individuals charged with acts of violence could face serious repercussions in court.
Trump has repeatedly spoken out against the prosecution of those who took part in the riots, but has yet to put a pardon on the table before his Saturday rally.
The former president has been accused of fueling violence in the Capitol with a fiery speech claiming electoral fraud, claims that have never been substantiated by the states in question, the Department of Justice or US courts.
A select House committee is also investigating how the attack took place and whether Trump and members of his circle had a role in encouraging it.
Trump lashed out at the committee on Saturday, calling his work a “disgrace.”
