Author: Unknown
Published on: 22/01/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Trump suggested there could be a place in US politics for the far-right ‘Proud Boys’ and ‘Oath Keepers’ groups. They organised and rallied supporters to violence in the chaos that unravelled on 6 January. Trump used his first hours back in the Oval Office at the White House to erase records of more than 200 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting officers at the Capitol siege four years ago. JD Vance previously said that those who committed violence should “obviously not be pardoned” Trump suggested that his decision was fair. He stressed that the 16 commutations he issued to some perpetrators was because they “could have done things that were not acceptable for a full pardon”
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Every authoritarian needs their extra judicial enforcers after all.