The Guardian: Trump uses Hunter Biden pardon to hint potential clemency for January 6 insurrectionists [View all]
The Guardian - (archived: https://archive.ph/xN5TU ) Trump uses Hunter Biden pardon to hint potential clemency for January 6 insurrectionists
Trump says Joe Bidens pardon of his son is a miscarriage of justice in latest supportive reference to convicted rioters
Robert Tait in Washington
Mon 2 Dec 2024 13.05 EST
Donald Trump seized on Hunter Bidens pardon to drop one of his strongest hints yet that he intends to grant clemency to at least some of the instigators and participants of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol by a mob trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice! the US president-elect posted on his Truth Social platform.
It was the latest in a series of supportive comments by Trump on behalf of those convicted for their part in the onslaught, which resulted in the deaths of five people at the time. Additionally, four police officers involved in trying to beat back the rioters killed themselves in the days and months after the attack.
Now the granting of a pardon by the sitting president, Joe Biden, to his son appears to have been taken by Trump as a fresh justification.
The 2021 assault spawned one of the biggest criminal investigations in US history, resulting in federal charges being filed against nearly 1,500 people. Around 1,000 have either been found guilty or pleaded guilty.
The investigation is ongoing. The FBI said last month it was seeking nine people in connection with violent assaults on police officers on the day.
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