Jan. 6 Defendants Are Already Angling for Pardons From Trump

Jan. 6 defendants celebrate Trump’s win and anticipate pardons

Outside the Washington, D.C. jail, supporters of the Jan. 6 defendants have held a nightly vigil for the last two years. On Wednesday, they popped champagne.“We got our country back!” said Nicole Reffitt, whose husband is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for bringing a gun onto Capitol grounds during the riot and threatening his children if they turned him into the FBI.Federal prosecutors charged more than 1,500 people with crimes …

January 6 Defendants Are Already Banking on Trump's Promise of a Pardon - 🔔 The Liberty Daily

(DCNF)—Several Jan. 6 defendants have already asked judges to delay or pause their cases in light of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign-trail promise of a pardon. Defendant Christopher Carnell’s attorneys were among the first to motion Wednesday to delay a hearing in his case following Trump’s victory, though a judge denied the request. “Throughout his campaign, President-elect Trump made multiple clemency promises to the January 6 defendan…

Jan. 6 defendants eye pardons after Trump election win

Jan. 6 defendants and their attorneys are hoping President-elect Trump will make good on his promise to pardon them.

Jan 6 Defendants Are Already Banking On Trump’s Promise Of A Pardon

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Jan. 6 Defendants Are Already Angling for Pardons From Trump

The legal consequences of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory start with the likelihood that the cases against him will sputter out but could also extend to the cases of hundreds of his supporters who are being — or have been — prosecuted for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. On the campaign trail, Mr. Trump repeatedly promised to pardon some of the 1,500 people charged in connection with Jan. 6, sometimes suggesting that his clemency …

J6 defendants seek to delay cases in light of Trump’s pardon pledge…