JD Vance lays out what Trump’s process to “correct” January 6’s “unfair” prosecution might look like
Attention is growing on President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 vow to pardon protesters, just eight days before he returns to the White House.
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, who like Trump has been critical of the justice system being used against protesters, laid out how their crimes would be weighed when considering pardons.
“If you protest peacefully on January 6th and Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice treats you like a gang member,” Vance told Fox News’ Shannon Bream in an exclusive one-on-one interview that aired. You should be pardoned.
“If you committed violence that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned. There’s a little bit of a gray area there, but we’re very committed to seeing equal enforcement of the law. And there are a lot of people who we believe were unfairly prosecuted on January 6. Later, we need to correct this.
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J.D. Vance speaks at a press conference on May 13, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)
Trump had previously promised to pardon January 6 protesters on his first day in office and said Kristen Welker, NBC Last month, members of the Congressional January 6th Committee were supposed to be jailed.
“I’ll look at everything. We’ll look at it on a case-by-case basis,” Trump told Welker as he laid out his plan. “But I will act quickly.”
California wildfires: Basic phone numbers for Los Angeles area residents and how to help them
The incoming administration faces a host of challenges, from border crises to hostages in the Middle East to domestic disaster relief once all members are sworn in.
The relentless wildfires ravaging Southern California are just one of the problems the Trump administration must address. As differences widen between Trump and state Democratic officials, the expected path forward appears unclear.
“President Trump is committed to doing better on disaster relief. That’s true for hurricane victims and flood victims in North Carolina. It’s true for fire victims in California. We just have to do better.
Scenes from the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
“I think that doesn’t mean you can’t criticize the governor of California for some really bad decisions he’s made over a long period of time. Some of these reservoirs have been dry for 15, 20 years. Fire hydrants are being removed,” according to the report. There’s a severe lack of effective governance in California when firefighters are trying to put out these fires, and I think that’s part of the reason why these fires have become so bad, and we need to do better.
Meanwhile, Newsom’s press office echoed Trump’s previous criticism of the governor’s alleged mismanagement of water supplies, saying in a post: “LADWP stated that due to high water demand, low-elevation pumping stations do not have enough pressure to supplement.
It added, “Broadly speaking, Southern California is not currently short of water, despite Trump’s claims that he will open some imaginary taps.”
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Fox News’ Hannah Penrek and Gabrielle Hayes contributed to this report.
