Donald Trump, a man convicted of 34 Felonies used his office to pardon people that HAD criminal records….
Trump did NOT survey the group that believed they were helping him stay in office when he lost the 2020 election…
He only saw them as ‘hero’s’ that follow his push against the Biden win….
We now are finding out that like the migrants he’s sent ICE after?
These people HAD committed crimes…
Several have got in trouble with the law already after being released from Federal prison and two are dead after being shot….
As usual…
Donald Trump looks out for HIMSELF ….
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump granted clemency to every person charged or convicted for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, even those convicted of violently assaulting police officers.
But Trump’s pardons and commutations for people he has called “patriots” did not wipe away certain defendants’ extensive criminal records or any other criminal charges they may be facing.
While many people had no criminal record prior to committing crimes on Jan. 6, NPR has identified dozens of defendants with prior convictions or pending charges for crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking….
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Trump has defended his decision to give pardons and commutations to all of the defendants charged in connection with the violent Jan. 6 attack, by suggesting that evaluating all of the cases individually would have been too difficult.
“It would be very, very cumbersome to go and look – you know how many people we’re talking about? 1,500 people,” Trump told Fox News earlier this month.
He also said that the prison sentences for Jan. 6 defendants were excessive.
“These people have served, horribly, a long time,” he said in his Fox News interview.
Trump’s comments overlooked the role that the Jan. 6 defendants’ prior criminal records played in sentencing. Federal judges take that criminal history into account when deciding a criminal defendant’s sentence.
A spokesperson for the White House did not respond to messages seeking comment for this story.
If Trump had looked at individual cases, the long criminal records of some Jan. 6 defendants may have raised some red flags….
Republicans believe in law and order.
We know this because they say they do.
And for sure they have them well known..
Conservative “ values”
Update….
Add this to the list….
Woman Pardoned by Trump Sentenced to 10 Years
Emily Hernandez, a Missouri woman pardoned by President Trump over her ties to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, was sentenced in connection with a drunken-driving crash, the St. Louis Post Dispatch reports.
Hernandez was sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with a deadly crash in January 2022.