Jan. 6 defendants rally for Trump pardons on riot anniversary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Before we elected him, he promised them for Day 1!"Jonathan Mellis, another member of the Proud Boys, is also among the group asking Trump to act swiftly.
54% : A group that calls itself a federal watchdog and "anti-lawfare legal group" is hosting a conference Monday to commemorate the anniversary and demand pardons for the nearly 1,600 defendants who have been charged, a sign of the pressure Trump is facing to deliver for them.
52% : "If [Trump] is a man of his word, then with the swipe of a pen, that's something he should do.
48% : "The January 6 Community of persecuted patriots stands united in a single goal: to ensure every J6 Hostage is Pardoned by President Trump on Day One," the group's website states.
37% : While Trump has publicly pledged to issue pardons "on Day One," his recent comments have suggested a more nuanced approach.
35% : In a Time interview, Trump said he would review cases individually, differentiating between nonviolent offenders and those who engaged in more extreme actions.
32% : Facing up to 10 years in prison for his involvement in the riot, Mellis has implored Trump to pardon all Jan. 6 defendants, particularly high-profile figures such as Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes, the former Proud Boys leader and Oath Keepers leader, respectively.
27% : "We're only accepting Trump J6 pardons if we ALL get them -- regardless of the sham charges," Goodwyn said in a video posted to X in November.
23% : The Maryland Democrat, who sat on the now-defunct Jan. 6 committee, said on a recent call with reporters that if Trump were to issue blanket pardons to categories of defendants, the president-elect would have no way to tell which defendants were remorseful and no longer a danger to the public, which, according to Raskin, is critical for clemency eligibility.
21% : But Jan. 6 defendant Bunky Crawford speculated Trump or his advisers may not want to spend the time analyzing hours of riot footage for the nearly 1,600 defendants.
18% : ""I have very publicly advised President Trump to pardon almost all Jan. 6 defendants and commute the sentences for those who were violent against police officers and similar bad acts to more reasonable sentences," said Davis, who has touted himself as an unofficial "viceroy" to Trump.

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