Summary

Trump vowed to pardon individuals jailed for their role in the January 6 Capitol attack on his first day in office, reiterating his campaign promise.

Trump criticized the justice system and the conditions faced by those detained, many of whom pleaded guilty.

Over 1,500 people have been charged in connection with January 6.

Trump also discussed empowering his incoming Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate political rivals.

President Biden is reportedly considering preemptive pardons for key figures targeted by Trump.

  • rational_lib@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Eh it’ll be two years before he loses control of congress, and he’s also very, very stupid to the point where he will have a hard time accomplishing his worst ideas. Of course there will be lots of bad decisions and people dying of those bad decisions, but that’s just what we call America.

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      18 days ago

      I’m still in camp “what if there’s not another presidential election that isn’t an obvious sham.”

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      18 days ago

      The democratic leadership is having a helluva battle right now between the old guard and some of the younger members. The Old guard maintains Harris ran a perfect campaign and voters let them down. The most visible indicator to the general public of who won will be how the committee minority leader seats shake out. Here’s hoping they manage to win and get some change. There’s no president anchoring them down so this is usually when it happens. But if the old guard wins expect another campaign of nothing more than “Not Trump”.