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Trump Vows to Pardon Jan. 6 Rioters, Calls for Jailing of House Jan. 6 Committee Members

HeadlineDec 09, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump is vowing to pardon rioters who took part in the January 6 Capitol insurrection, on his first day in office. Trump made the comment in an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.”

President-elect Donald Trump: “Yeah, I’m going to look at everything. We’re going to look at individual” —

Kristen Welker: “Everyone?”

President-elect Donald Trump: — “cases. Yeah.”

Kristen Welker: “OK.”

President-elect Donald Trump: “But I’m going to be acting very quickly.”

Kristen Welker: “Within your first 100 days? First day?”

President-elect Donald Trump: “First day.”

Kristen Welker: “First day?”

President-elect Donald Trump: “Yeah, I’m looking first day.”

Kristen Welker: “And issue these pardons?”

President-elect Donald Trump: “These people have been there — how long is it? Three or four years.”

During the interview, Trump also said former Republican Congressmember Liz Cheney and other members of the House January 6 committee should be jailed.

Kristen Welker: “So, you think Liz Cheney should go to jail?”

President-elect Donald Trump: “For what they did” —

Kristen Welker: “Everyone on the committee, you think should go to jail?”

President-elect Donald Trump: “I think everybody on the — anybody that voted in favor” —

Kristen Welker: “Are you going to direct your FBI director” —

President-elect Donald Trump: “No.”

Kristen Welker: — “and your attorney general to send them to jail?”

President-elect Donald Trump: “No, not at all. I think that they’ll have to look at that, but I’m not going to — I’m going to focus on 'drill, baby, drill.'”

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