Pardons for Southern California Jan. 6 defendants include those who attacked police

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : After months of speculation about how many Jan. 6 defendants would receive pardons, Trump -- who has painted the defendants as "hostages" or "political prisoners" -- announced hours after being sworn into office that everyone charged in connection with the Capitol riot would receive clemency.
44% : "This is Jan. 6, and these are the hostages, approximately 1500 for a pardon, full pardon," Trump told reporters as he signed the executive order on Monday.
40% : Simone Gold -- a doctor formerly based in Beverly Hills who founded the anti-vaccine group America's Frontline Doctor and served a 60 day jail sentence for entering and remaining in a restricted building on Jan. 6 -- was among those who publicly thanked Trump for her pardon, writing in a statement posted on Instagram for "correcting this historical wrong so that I can continue the work of helping people.
40% : " "I would say 90 percent of the others were swept up into a politically driven prosecution, and Derrick was part of the 90 percent who shouldn't have been prosecuted," Cocis added Democratic leaders in Congress have argued that the events of Jan. 6 were not the result of a crowd that simply grew out of control, but instead the culmination of a months-long effort by Trump to remain in power despite losing the 2020 election.
35% : Hostetter drew attention for his public opposition to state restrictions in the midst of the pandemic, before turning his attention to election conspiracies raised by Trump following former President Joe Biden's electoral victory in 2020.
26% : Trump said the pardons would end "a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years.
21% : " The pardons bring an abrupt end to the largest investigation in United States Justice Department history, following an attack that left more than 100 police officers injured by an angry mob of Trump supporters that included people armed with poles, bats and bear spray.
21% : "Rest assured, I have been betrayed by my country and I have been betrayed by those who supported Donald Trump.

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