On his first day in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order pardoning more than 1,500 people involved in the US Capitol riot four years ago - including those jailed for violent offences.

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On pardons and January 6, Republicans torn between moving forward and looking back

GOP leaders are being pulled in opposite directions: Moderate members want the party to look ahead and focus on its agenda. But conservatives – and Donald Trump – aren’t done with litigating January 6 and investigating Joe Biden.

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By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — When reporters asked Mike Johnson to respond to President Donald Trump’s pardons for more than 1,000 people charged in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, the House speaker had a ready answer. “We’re not looking backwards. We’re looking forward,” he said Wednesday morning. Barely three hours later, Johnson announced the creation of a new select subcommittee to continue the GOP’s probe into Janua…

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Donald Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people of crimes related to the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, freeing many people convicted of assaulting officers.

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Donald Trump says Jan 6 attacks on police were "very minor incidents"

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Donald Trump says attacks on police officers in January 6 riots were 'minor incidents'

President Trump, who ignored the sound advice of his strongest and closest allies not to pardon the cop-assaulting felons of Jan. 6, should have his wild instincts curbed by the Republican Senate in saying no to the worst of his Cabinet nominees. We are looking at you, Pete Hegetsh for defense and Bobby Kennedy Jr. for health and human services and Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and Kash Patel for FBI director. None of them …

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Consequences for Trump: Outrageous pardons of violent Jan. 6 mob should sink his awful Cabinet picks

"They were very minor incidents, and it was time," Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity.

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Trump defends January 6 pardons in his first Oval Office interview of second term

'If I hadn't won, the US would have died. I will solve America's problems: with commitment, work, money' (ANSA)

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Trump: 'Il 6 gennaio solo incidenti minori, erano innocenti' - Nord America

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Trump: 'Only minor incidents were innocent' on January 6 - North America

President Donald Trump called the Jan. 6 attack of police and officers by rioters "minor incidents" when speaking to Sean Hannity on Wednesday.

Trump Brushes Off Jan. 6 Rioters Beating Cops: 'Minor Incidents'

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The president justifies in his first interview the decision to forgive the assailants of the Capitol for being "very minor incidents." More information: France and Germany raise the tone to Trump's threat: "We are strong, we are united and Europe is not going to hide"

El presidente justifica en su primera entrevista la decisión de perdonar los asaltantes del Capitolio por tratarse de "incidentes muy menores". Más información: Francia y Alemania elevan el tono ante la amenaza de Trump: "Somos fuertes, estamos unidos y Europa no va a esconderse"

Trump ironiza con que Biden tendría que haberse indultado a sí mismo y sufrir un "infierno judicial" como el suyo

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Trump ironizes that Biden should have pardoned himself and suffered a "judicial hell" like his

Donald Trump says attacks on police officers in January 6 riots were 'minor incidents'

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