Jan. 6 Transcripts Shed New Light on How Trump Considered Blanket Pardons
Source: New York Times
The transcripts, which come from the committees trove of hundreds of interviews, build on a growing body of evidence about the extent to which many in Mr. Trumps orbit, including rioters, White House staffers, Republican members of Congress and some of the presidents own lawyers were seeking pardons after the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
Johnny McEntee, Mr. Trumps director of personnel, recalled in an interview how, during his final days in office, the former president had floated the idea of a blanket pardon for the breach of the Capitol, but Pat A. Cipollone, the White House counsel, had rejected it.
Cipollone said no, Mr. McEntee recalled. One day when we walked into the Oval, I remember it was being discussed, and I remember the president saying, Well, what if I pardoned the people that werent violent, that just walked in the building? And I think the White House counsel gave him some pushback.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/us/politics/jan-6-transcripts-trump-pardons.html
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)The J6 Committee knowing ALL this time, as revealed layer by layer over months
all the thousands of pages of under oath, cross examination by experts, transcriptions running to tens of thousands of pages.
Can you imagine, as the picture took shape, how horrified the members must have been? Their general composure and dignity throughout is even more remarkable, in retrospect.
Dont forget Chief Inspector Jack Smith, Esq. and his FBI team are pouring over all this with a finer comb and keener interest than your or I or any journalist or even social media.
Justice matters.
(6,928 posts)More than in the Watergate trials, even if many make 'deals' to flip.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)"No, I couldn't stand the guy". "We wanted him out too".
bigworld
(1,807 posts)Justice matters.
(6,928 posts)Civil-Court litigations (for various reasons) and also which would turn the spotlight on the guy who issued them (since he knew he was involved up to his neck in it).