cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/21666717
Trump issued a pardon on Monday evening at the White House for more than 1,000 Jan. 6 ‘hostages.’
finally released the “hostages”
Yep! Not happy he pardoned people who were violent but I’ll take it
Earlier I made the prediction that Mr. Trump wouldn’t pardon anyone from J6, as they had outran their usefulness to him.
Well, sadly, I stand corrected.
Those pardoned include Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys chairman, who faced a sentence of 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy. Tarrio’s attorney told the Associated Press he expects Tarrio to face release Monday evening.
This is wonderful because he
- Wasn’t even there
- Is only guilty to writing a silly manifesto about illegally & peacefully occupying the Capitol and demanding a recount or another election
- Content was completely non-violent; mentioned ‘hype men!’, never mentioned guns
Writing up a plan organizing illegal activity is pretty bad to be fair
True, but writing up a plan for an illegal sit-in where they explicitly said they might have to pull fire alarms is not 22 years in jail bad.
Yeah I would have rather seen his sentenced commuted.
