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Republican senators are mostly quiet on Trump’s sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters

Many Republican senators do not agree with President Donald Trump's pardons for over 1,500 individuals involved in the Jan. 6 attack but are not publicly opposing the decision.
Senator Susan Collins received a message from a police officer regarding his assault during the attack, reflecting concerns among some Republicans about the pardons.
The pardons included individuals convicted of violent crimes against police officers, with over 200 people released from federal custody by Tuesday morning.
Trump stated that many charged individuals were 'absolutely innocent' and dismissed the injuries to law enforcement as 'minor' during an interview.

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After Trump pardons Jan. 6 rioters, some of his Northwest supporters disagree

WASHINGTON — A little more than four years before President Donald Trump took the oath of office at the Capitol on Monday, some of his most fervent supporters forced their way into the same building in an attempt to stop his presidency from ending, spurred on by Trump’s insistence that he was the rightful winner of an election he had lost. Read more...

2 months ago·Vancouver, United States

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Garamendi upset with Trump’s release of Jan. 6 Capitol rioters

It’s been just a few days since Donald Trump began his second term as President of the United States, but U.S. Rep. John Garamendi is already disturbed with some of his actions. Earlier this week Garamendi wrote statements showing his disgust with the pardoning of Jan. 6 Capitol rioters as well as Trump’s Executive Order to slash environmental protections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. “It’s shameful, immoral and dangerous that President D

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Republican strategist ‘upset’ Trump pardoned Jan 6 rioters

We speak to the Republican strategist Douglas Heye.

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Staten Island Advance

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‘Unacceptable’: Congressional Republicans decry Trump’s pardons of violent Jan. 6 rioters

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — President Donald Trump sparked a wave of disagreement inside of his own party by pardoning those who harmed Capitol police during the January 6th attack.

2 months ago·Richmond County, United States

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Letter: Trump’s pardon of Jan. 6 attackers is deplorable | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Among the worst of Donald Trump’s deplorable executive orders was his pardoning of Jan. 6 rioters who attacked and brutally wounded Capitol police officers defending Congress, its occupants and democracy itself.

2 months ago·Honolulu, United States

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