Trump defends Jan. 6 pardons of violent criminals

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

27% : Trump, in one of the first presidential acts of his second term, commuted the sentences of 14 prisoners and pardoned all others convicted of offenses related to the 2021 riot at the Capitol.
27% : Trump went on to say that members of the Oath Keepers, a far right militia, were serving sentences that Trump called "ridiculous and excessive," adding that of the cases the White House looked at, "these were people that actually love our country, so we thought a pardon would be appropriate."
27% : Trump used the subject to return repeatedly to the issue of violent crime in American cities, as well as pardons that former President Joe Biden signed for the Jan. 6 Committee members and separately, for his relatives as he left office.
25% : "They've served years in jail," Trump said in response to questions from reporters at the White House on why he pardoned violent offenders.
22% : "Many of those pardoned by Trump had been convicted of violent attacks on police officers defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, when Congress was certifying Joe Biden's electoral victory.

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