Former Federal Prosecutor Fears Trump Could Pardon Capitol Rioters

“How much more egregious, unjust, unfair, inappropriate does a presidential pardon get?” asked former assistant U.S. attorney Glenn Kirschner.

A former assistant U.S. attorney raised the unnerving possibility that Donald Trump could pardon his supporters who violently stormed the Capitol on Wednesday.

Five people were dead at the end of the attack, including a police officer.

The chance of a Trump pardon — including for himself — is particularly jarring in this case because the president been accused of inciting the violence.

Publish : 2021-01-10 18:35:00

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