Rep. Jamie Raskin defended the pardons he and other Jan. 6 committee members received from Biden.
He got those because he claims he’s innocent.
But President Trump’s pardons for over 1,500 Capitol visitors were given because they were “violent” ?
Just another case of gaslighting, brought to you by CNN and the Democrats.
People can’t be buying this.
Jamie Raskin implies that the January 6th prisoners were released so that Trump could build a “reserve army of political foot soldiers” 🤣 pic.twitter.com/6iJK0Q8Cd7
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) January 22, 2025
So, Trump is building an army? Why wouldn’t he just use the actual army?
The Hill report:
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a former member of the Jan. 6 committee, sought to distinguish between the pardon he received from former President Biden compared to those President Trump gave to those who stormed the Capitol.
Just hours apart, both Biden and Trump issued a number of pardons. An order from Biden gave a preemptive pardon to all nine members of the panel that investigated the attack on the Capitol, while Trump, through a series of pardons and commutations, cleared the slate for the more than 1,500 people being prosecuted for the attack.
“Look, the people who were pardoned this morning were pardoned because we were innocent,” Raskin said during an appearance on CNN, adding that Trump was threatening committee leaders Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and others with “fraudulent political prosecutions.”
“The people who were just pardoned a little while ago, were pardoned because they were guilty of violently assaulting police officers, carrying dangerous weapons inside the Capitol, destroying federal property and so on. And it was just a mass pardon for all of them, without even looking to see whether those people were rehabilitated and whether they continue to pose a threat to public safety,” Raskin said.
🚨NEW: Jamie Raskin laughably attempts to explain that Biden pardoned J6 Committee members because they were “innocent” —
— but Trump pardoned J6'ers because they were “guilty."
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 21, 2025
How did he feel about pardons before?
Jamie Raskin on presidential pardons.
“The seeking of pardons is powerful demonstration of the consciousness of guilt, or at least the consciousness that you may be in trouble. And that’s what’s so shocking…”
Jamie Raskin just got a presidential pardonpic.twitter.com/LsNKh4h1WT
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) January 20, 2025
Even Schumer says something similar:
FLASHBACK: Chuck Schumer on Trump potentially issuing preemptive pardons:
“That would be a gross abuse of the presidential pardon authority”
Any comment on Biden’s preemptive pardons @SenSchumer? pic.twitter.com/kNNRYMhpkU
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 20, 2025
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