They assaulted cops and tried to overturn an election. What to know about Trump's mass pardons for January 6 rioters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : Trump adviser Jason Miller echoed this in an interview Monday morning with CNN's Jake Tapper before Trump was inaugurated.
60% : During the inaugural parade in the Capital One Arena before signing the proclamation, Trump brought on the family members of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas during its October 7, 2023, attacks.
52% : "But there was no "case-by-case" review, as Trump aides promised.
50% : "Six individuals who threatened my life and threatened my family members ...
46% : However, Trump said his administration will be reviewing these cases to see if pardons are appropriate in the future.
45% : My family, my children and myself are less safe today because of Donald Trump and his supporters.
40% : "President Trump has said we're going to look through each of the cases individually," Miller said.
34% : Trump on Monday pardoned nearly every single convicted January 6 rioter, and at his direction, the Justice Department is also beginning to ask the federal court in Washington, DC, to dismiss pending cases with prejudice, meaning charges cannot be brought again at a later date.
30% : "One day after the insurrection, Trump said, "to those who broke the law, you will pay," and later vowed that "those who engaged in the attacks last week will be brought to justice.
29% : And the informants did not instigate the violence, were not authorized to break the law that day, and were not part of a "deep state" effort to frame Trump supporters for the violence.
26% : "The proclamation Trump signed grants a "full, complete and unconditional pardon" to virtually everyone who was convicted of January 6-related crimes.
26% : Instead, Trump granted maximum clemency by ending all of the prosecutions, freeing everyone from prison and pardoning about 98% of the convicted rioters.
26% : Isolated within the Republican Party and facing a bipartisan impeachment in the final weeks of his first term in January 2021, Trump said he was "shocked and deeply saddened" by what happened.
24% : These lies first cropped up in far-right circles in 2021 and were eventually embraced by Trump, who has peddled these claims at many of his rallies and media interviews.
22% : The presidential proclamation Trump signed in the Oval Office said this action of mass clemency "ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people.
18% : Throughout the day, Trump justified the pardons with the same series of lies and false claims that he has used for years to whitewash the violence, deflect blame and rewrite history.

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