In some of the most direct comments on the matter yet, President-elect Donald Trump said issuing pardons for January 6th political prisoners will be a day one priority when he assumes the Oval Office in six weeks.
Trump addressed the topic in an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker. The incoming president had promised on the campaign trail to take action on the matter.
“I’m going to be acting very quickly. First day,” he said of his plans. “They’ve been in there for years, and they’re in a filthy, disgusting place that shouldn’t even be allowed to be open.”
Trump, having been a victim of a corrupt Justice Department himself, notes how the system was geared against the January 6th protesters in every way. He even suggests those who confessed to assaulting police officers were forced into their pleas.
“Because they had no…
