Former president Donald Trump He said Monday that if he wins in November, one of his first acts as president will be to “free” those accused and convicted of crimes related to the United States. January 6 attack USA Capitol.
“As your next President, my first actions will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and release the January 6 hostages from wrongful imprisonment!” Trump wrote on his page Truth social account.
It was the first time he had listed the January 6 release of the defendants as a Day One priority.
A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for further details on the post Monday night.
Trump has repeatedly called on President Joe Biden to “release” the January 6 defendants and suggested that he would pardon many of them if elected in November. He also regularly characterizes the defendants as “collateral”. A comparison the White House called “grotesque.”
About 500 people were sentenced to prison terms for the riots on January 6, 2021, and prosecutors secured more than 950 convictions. US Attorney More than 1,350 people have been charged in connection with the attack on Washington.
Last year, Trump promised to pardon “a large number” of the January 6 defendants. adds he said he would do so “very early on”. Once in office, the president has the power to pardon and commute federal sentences.
Trump released the pledge on the same day as the Republican-led House of Representatives subcommittee’s January 6 investigation. report Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to four Trump White House staff, has claimed she disapproved of a key element of testimony before the committee on January 6, 2022.
It was Trump accused In August, on charges related to his actions on January 6. He pleaded not guilty.
Vaughn Hillyard and Jake Traylor contributed.