On January 6, 2021, the 4th anniversary of the ‘US Capitol Riot (January 6 Incident)’, in which thousands of passionate supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Federal Capitol in Washington, D.C., was celebrated on the 6th (local time). At the time, pardons for those indicted in the incident became a hot topic again.
According to foreign media such as the New York Times (NYT) on this day, more than 1,500 people were indicted for the January 6 incident, of which more than 1,200 were found guilty, and 645 people were sentenced to prison. Some of the instigators are currently serving sentences of more than 20 years in prison.
President-elect Trump has pledged to pardon them since the presidential election period. In an interview with the weekly current affairs magazine ‘Time’ on the 12th of last month, he said that pardons will be carried out on a ‘case-by-case’ basis and that “pardons will begin within an hour of taking office.” On the 8th of last month, he also hinted at retaliation, saying that members of the House of Representatives’ Special Committee on the January 6 Incident, including former Rep. Liz Cheney, who recommended indictment for the January 6 Incident, would be sent to prison.
On the other hand, President Joe Biden urged in an article in the Washington Post (WP) on the 5th that we should not forget the threat that the storming of Congress posed to American democracy. President Biden directly criticized the Trump camp, saying, “Efforts to rewrite or even erase the history of that day are constantly underway.”
According to the results of a survey conducted by CBS News and YouGov from the 18th to the 20th of last month, 59% opposed President-elect Trump’s pardon for those involved in the January 6 incident after taking office, while 41% supported it. However, among Republican respondents, the opinion for a pardon was overwhelmingly high, with 72% in favor.
Meanwhile, on the 6th, the Federal Congress held a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives and officially certified President-elect Trump’s victory in the presidential election. Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to President-elect Trump, presided over the meeting as Senate President that day. It is quite different from four years ago, when supporters of President-elect Trump stormed into the Capitol to block the certification of President Biden’s election, which was marred by violence.
In a post on social media before the joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, President-elect Trump said, “Congress today certifies our great victory,” and “It is a great moment in history.” Former Republican Vice President Mike Pence, who had his life threatened by a Trump supporter during the January 6 incident while trying to certify President Biden’s election as Senate president four years ago, said in a social media post, “Order and decorum must be maintained in this historic (certification) process. “We welcome the recovery,” he said.
Reporter Kim Bora [email protected]
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