Donald Trump told NBC News on Sunday that he wants to pardon the Jan. 6 rioters on the first day of his administration.
President-elect Donald Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker on Sunday that he wanted to pardon the Jan. 6 rioters on the first day of his administration and said people on the Jan. 6 committee in Congress belonged in jail.
«I’m going to look at everything. We’ll look at individual cases», Trump told Welker. «But I’m going to be acting very quickly.»
Trump said while he was campaigning that he planned to pardon the Jan. 6 rioters. Welker followed up and asked how quickly he planned to act on it.
«First day, I’m looking first day. These people have been there — how long is it? Three, four years», Trump said. «They’ve been in there for years. And they’re in a filthy, disgusting place that shouldn’t even be allowed to be open.
