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Nearly six in 10 Americans oppose President Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, pardon of convicted felon rioters, according to a report. survey released on Tuesday
The new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 58 percent of Americans do not favor the president pardoning all people who were convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol recently four years old
trump granted about 1,500 “full, complete and unconditional pardons” for rioters accused in connection with Monday night’s attack on the Capitol building. In total, 1,583 defendants have been charged so far. More than a third of them, 600 indicted on January 6, were accused of resisting, obstructing or assaulting police officers during the attack.
The president defended issuing mass pardons to accused rioters, including violent criminals, a move that has drawn sharp pushback from Democrats and criticism from Democrats. some republicans legislators Trump, speaking to reporters, likened the pardon to last-minute pardons former President Biden issued to his family members and murderers without charge, though he did not specify who he was referring to.
“We’re going to take a look at everything,” Trump said he said on tuesday “But I can say this. The killers today aren’t even charged. You have uncharged killers everywhere.
“These people have already served years in prison and have been brutally served,” he added. “It’s a disgusting prison. It’s horrible. It’s been inhumane.”
On other issues, Trump gained more support in the poll. Nearly half of respondents, 46 percent, approved of the president’s handling of immigration, an issue on which he campaigned heavily during the 2024 presidential election. Also, nearly six in 10, 58 percent said they agreed with the statement that the country should “drastically reduce the number of migrants allowed to seek asylum at the border,” according to the survey.
His approval rating is also currently higher, at 47 percent, than during most of his first term in the White House, according to the poll.
The survey was conducted Jan. 20-21 among 1,077 US adults. It had a margin of error of around four percentage points.
