[blog](blog): 2025-01-05 blog (#631)

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+tags: [AP News, Kristen Welker, Meet the Press, NBC, presidential pardons, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jim Jordan, Gus Bilirakis, Dusty Johnson, Aquilino Gonell, Jamie Raskin, Bennie Thompson, Jim Himes, US House, US Capitol Police, politics]
+categories: [Donald Trump, January 6 2021 insurrection]
+date: 2025-01-05 4:43 PM
+excerpt: "“You cannot be pro-police officer and rule of law if you are pardoning people who betrayed that trust, injured police officers and ransacked the Capitol.” – ret8red US Capitol Police Officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell"
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+title: 'Trump Is Not the #LawAndOrder President!"
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+## [Lawmakers are bracing for Trump's promised Jan. 6 pardons / AP News](https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardons-congress-capitol-riot-crimes-4443c672fc3b1492640684652647cde6)
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+By KEVIN FREKING
+Updated 7:46 AM EST, January 5, 2025
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+Trump told Kristen Welker recently on [Meet the Press](https://youtu.be/b607aDHUu2I?si=INYC5x_cU_J06JVu), “Most likely, I’ll do it very quickly. Those people have suffered long and hard. And there may be some exceptions to it. I have to look. But, you know, if somebody was radical, crazy.”
+
+### Those Complicit Trumper Legislators
+
+1. [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (T-GA14)](https://greene.house.gov/)[^21] – “Here we are nearly four years later. Many of these people have been in prison since 2021. Even the ones that fought Capitol Police, caused damage to the Capitol, I think they’ve served their time and I think they should all be pardoned and released from prison. Some of these people have been given prison sentences: 10 years, 18 years and more. I think it’s an injustice. It’s a two-tiered justice system, and it’s time to end it.”
+2. [Rep. Jim Jordan (T-OH4)](https://jordan.house.gov/)[^22] – “For people who didn’t commit any violence, I think everyone supports that. I think that makes sense,” said Jordan, R-Ohio.
+3. [Rep. Gus Bilirakis (T-FL12)](https://bilirakis.house.gov/) – “You’ve got to look at it individually. Some probably deserve to be pardoned.” When asked about those who attacked U.S. Capitol police officers, he added, “My goodness. Again, I’d have to look at the scenario. But if they attacked the U.S. Capitol Police, it’s a big problem.”
+4. [Rep. Dusty Johnson (T-SD)](https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/) said that there's a difference between those *"just trespassing"* and those that damaged property – “People who attacked police officers, listen, I don’t think that is something we should ever condone.”
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+[^21]: @RalphHightower: How and why does the 14<sup>th</sup> keep electing [MTG](https://greene.house.gov/)? She's a conspiracy wacko!
+[^22]: @RalphHightower: [Jordan](https://jordan.house.gov/) is another blowhard.
+
+Donald Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection to occur on January 6, 2921 when he sent this message from his TwitterPhone: ["Peter Navarro releases 36-page report alleging election fraud 'more than sufficient' to swing victory to Trump https://t.co/D8KrMHnFdK. A great report by Peter. Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!"](https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1340185773220515840)
+
+### Those Upholding Law and Order
+
+- [US Capitol Police](http://www.uscp.gov/) Officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, who retired due to his injuries after fighting rioters – “You cannot be pro-police officer and rule of law if you are pardoning people who betrayed that trust, injured police officers and ransacked the Capitol.”
+- [Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD8)](https://raskin.house.gov/) – “Because anything that happens by these people, in a political context or some other context, will essentially be laid at the doorstep soon-to-be President Donald Trump.” He added that people should demand from those pardoned, contrition and repentance, and an affirmative statement that they pose no further threats to public safety. 
+- [Rep. Bennie Thompson D-MS2)](https://benniethompson.house.gov/) – “Those 140-odd law enforcement people who got hurt defending this institution, I think anyone who loves peace and security would be offended that you would pardon people who attacked those individuals for doing their jobs.”
+- [Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT4)](https://himes.house.gov/) – “I’m pretty controlled and pretty disciplined, but that would be really hard. Too many of us had very personal experiences with the people who are serving time or were convicted.”
+
+### Full interview: Donald Trump details his plans for Day 1 and beyond in the White House
+
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+Dec 8, 2024 #trumpadministration #trump #politics
+President-elect Donald Trump sits down with Kristen Welker for an exclusive and wide-ranging interview on Meet the Press.
+