Donald Trump pardons nearly 1,600 defendants from Jan. 6, keeping campaign pledge and outraging critics

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : " "We'll be looking very, very seriously at full pardons," Trump told Pittsburgh broadcaster Wendy Bell in September 2022.
48% : "I am inclined to pardon many of them," Trump told CNN in 2023.
37% : Full pardon," Trump said in the Oval Office.
34% : Trump has talked for years about pardoning Jan. 6 defendants he calls "political prisoners" and "hostages.
32% : " In March 2023, he posted an all-caps message on social media: "LET THE JANUARY 6 PRISONERS GO." Trump has said occasionally that he would only pardon nonviolent offenders.
24% : " Trump pledged during campaign to pardon Jan. 6 defendants Trump's own federal charges were dropped after the won the election, under longstanding Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.
21% : Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who was House speaker during the riot, said Trump had pardoned and shortened sentences for people "who violently attacked the Capitol and law enforcement officers on Jan. 6." "The President's actions are an outrageous insult to our justice system and the heroes who suffered physical scars and emotional trauma as they protected the Capitol, the Congress and the Constitution," Pelosi said in a statement.

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