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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., criticized the president donald trump Monday night to pardon more than 1,000 people involved in the January 6, 2021 riots.
Trump signed pardons for roughly 1,500 defendants accused of crimes stemming from the attack on the US Capitol, making good on a promise he made in December to act quickly and pardon them.
Trump also commuted the sentences of six people on Monday, including the leaders of the extremist groups Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.
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President Donald Trump signed pardons for approximately 1,500 defendants charged with crimes stemming from the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
But Pelosi called the move “shameful” and said she would remember the “courage” of law enforcement “heroes” who “made sure democracy survived.”
“The president’s actions are an outrageous insult to our justice system and to the heroes who suffered physical scars and emotional trauma while protecting the Capitol, Congress and the Constitution,” said Pelosi, who did not attend Trump’s inauguration. Monday, in a statement. published in X.
“It is shameful that the president has chosen to make one of his highest priorities the abandonment and betrayal of police officers who risk their lives to stop an attempt to subvert the peaceful transfer of power,” Pelosi said.
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U.S. President Donald Trump sings a second executive order during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena on the inauguration day of his second presidential term, in Washington, U.S., on January 20, 2025. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
The Department of Justice reported that approximately 140 police officers were assaulted during the Capitol storming on January 6, 2021. This included law enforcement members of both the US Capitol Police and about 60 of the Metropolitan Police Department.
President Donald Trump announced at his inaugural parade at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC that he would pardon the so-called “hostages.” (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
Trump announced earlier Monday at his inaugural parade at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, that he would pardon the so-called “hostages.”
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“Tonight I’m going to sign the J6 hostages, pardons to get them out,” Trump said at the parade at Capital One Arena. “I’m going to the Oval Office and we’re going to sign pardons for a lot of people.
So far, judges or a jury after a trial have convicted roughly 250 people facing charges for their involvement in the riots, and more than 1,000 had pleaded guilty to felonies as of January.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
