Summary

Following Donald Trump’s election victory, supporters charged in the January 6 Capitol attack are requesting delays in their cases, hoping for pardons after his inauguration.

Attorneys for Christopher Carnell, 21, a nonviolent participant, cited Trump’s campaign promises to pardon January 6 defendants. D.C. District Judge Beryl Howell denied Carnell’s request for a delay.

Trump’s clemency promises and anticipated halting of the January 6 investigation by the Justice Department have raised hopes among defendants for relief under the new administration.

Over 1,500 individuals have been charged in connection with the Capitol assault, with many facing violent assault charges.

  • Flying Squid
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    264 hours ago

    He’ll get pardoned in a few months anyway.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 hour ago

      Yeah, but might as well have him in a cell for those months than free. What else are the courts going to do until January.

    • @shonn
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      324 hours ago

      The only people he pardoned last time were close friends and people that gave him a ton of money.

      • Flying Squid
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        114 hours ago

        He didn’t have all three branches of government on his side last time.

        • @[email protected]
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          244 hours ago

          The president doesn’t need approval from Congress or Judiciary to issue a pardon. Trump doesn’t care about J6 convictions. They are suckers to him.

          • @NJSpradlin
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            54 minutes ago

            He had the threat of impeachment for misuse of Presidential power before. Now he doesn’t, the House will never be able to bring that against him while in Republican control, and the Senate’s still his. I’m willing to bet we get to see a huge increase in Democrats being impeached across the country. Impeaching Democratic judges, formerly appointed for life. Sure, you’ll need some Democrats on your side, but once everyone is afraid of the gazpacho (/s), more than enough will fall in line. They’re ‘official Presidential acts’ remember, and if you thought they weren’t, their hand selected judges would disagree with you and approve the acts.

            Hell, it’s already been mentioned before, all he needs to do is claim a ‘red scare’, then investigate, impeach, and purge the ranks of those that don’t fall in line. And it doesn’t have to be blatant assassination, the people will believe what they’re told.

            Edit: uniquely, other than having dissidents randomly fall out windows, Congressmen/women can be expelled without impeachment, with a 2/3rds vote in their respective houses (little ‘h’). So, say a few start throwing themselves out the 5th floor window of hotels… enough remaining will prostrate themselves and vote to expel their peers, same as they would to impeach SCOTUS or federal judges.

          • Nougat
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            21 hour ago

            These are people who have proved that they will commit acts of violence for Trump. He may consider them suckers, but they sure are useful suckers, and they’re more useful back out on the street.

            • @[email protected]
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              41 hour ago

              Nah, there’s more where they came from. Besides, his for profit prison buddies want them in jail.

        • @frickineh
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          174 hours ago

          Yeah but he also doesn’t give a single fuck about any of these people.

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            Not to mention, these are people that have proven that they’ll try to attack the government if made angry enough. Now, it was Trump that got them angry on his behalf last time, sure, and few if any are likely to eventually change their minds and turn on him, but if you’re about to be the government and dont need these people anymore, is having such people publicly pardoned really the precedent you’re going to want so set?