Jan. 6 defendants, including some from California, eagerly await Trump pardons

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Experts said the path forward is largely up to Trump.
49% : Mark Paoletta, an attorney on the transition team, wrote on X this month that Trump was reelected to carry out an agenda that included "granting pardons or commutations to January 6th defendants and other defendants who have been subjected to politically-driven lawfare prosecutions and sentences.
46% : "There's an expectation that Trump is going to do it.
45% : At a CNN town hall in May 2023, Trump said he was "inclined to pardon many of them," but couldn't "say for every single one because a couple of them, probably, they got out of control.
45% : The extension was granted, pushing the deadline for arguments on an appeal Dempsey has filed in the case to March, two months after Trump takes office.
44% : Trump, who was federally indicted for his actions that day, has called Jan. 6 defendants "hostages" and "patriots" who had "love in their heart" when they stormed Congress.
43% : So what are you going to do to save us?'"He suggested Trump appoint a bipartisan committee to review all Jan. 6 cases and look for those where a pardon may be justified, because some of the people there "just kind of got caught up in the crowd.
42% : Joe Allen, an attorney who has represented several Jan. 6 defendants, said many of the people who were at the Capitol were enamored of Trump and convinced they were carrying out justice on his behalf, and Trump "took advantage" of them.
42% : Jeffrey Crouch, a law professor at American University and an expert on the pardon process, said modern presidents have often relied on the Office of the Pardon Attorney, but Trump is clearly willing to take a different approach -- having relied on that office for only 25 of his 238 clemency grants while in office.
41% : Huish noted that pardon applications traditionally are reviewed by the Office of the Pardon Attorney, though Trump may wish to sidestep that process given its eligibility restrictions.
37% : Wehle, the Baltimore law professor, said Trump could issue a stark order declaring pardons for a list of named individuals, an entire cohort of defendants or everyone charged that day.
36% : "According to a Times review of federal court filings, Jan. 6 defendants with pending cases or appeals have sought delays as they await word from Trump; some have been granted, and others denied.
34% : "In an April interview with Time magazine, Trump said he would "absolutely" consider pardoning all Jan. 6 defendants.
34% : Taylor, who prosecutors said wore body armor and carried a knife and a hatchet as he helped others overrun police lines, initially faced a much stiffer sentence but received leniency after agreeing to testify against Hostetter.Dyke Huish, an attorney for Taylor, said they were "looking forward" to Trump making his plan for pardons clear.

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