As President-elect Trump moves ever closer to becoming the 47th president of the United States, one of his campaign promises is starting to fester with the media and the political establishment. That promise is to pardon those caught up in the January 6 political show trials.
Resistance is coming from the media, law enforcement, and the courts.
A recent Politico article alleged that judges were becoming “alarmed” over the prospect of Trump issuing large numbers of pardons of January 6 defendants.
In extraordinary but little-watched court proceedings since Election Day, judges appointed by presidents of both parties have emphasized the need for accountability for the people who stormed the Capitol in an attempt to derail the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. These judges have sounded dire warnings about the fate of the country if the lessons of the…
