Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that, if elected president, he would consider pardoning some of those convicted on charges related to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
“Now, some of these case, some people may have a technical violation of the law,” DeSantis said. “But if there are three other people who did the same thing but just in a context, like [the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020] and they don’t get prosecuted at all, that is uneven application of justice, and so … we will use the pardon power.”Twice in the interview, DeSantis avoided directly answering questions on whether he’d pardon Trump but left open the possibility.
“I would say any example of this favored treatment based on politics, or weaponization, would be included in that review, no matter how small or how big,” the GOPDeSantis said he would use his pardon powers “at the front end” of his administration, noting that “a lot of people wait until the end of the administration to issue pardons.” Trump issued pardons throughout his presidency, including a flurry as he was leaving office to many of his allies.
The storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob intent on stopping the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral college win and the democratic transfer of power resulted in five dead, injuries to 140 members of law enforcement and the ransacking of parts of the Capitol., more than 1,000 individuals have been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack.
He added that “most likely” he would pardon “a large portion of them,” adding, “and it’ll be very early on.”
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