January 6 prosecutions face uncertainty under Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Trump has vowed to begin issuing pardons of Jan. 6 rioters on his first day in office.
48% : Trump has vowed to begin issuing pardons of Jan. 6 rioters on his first day in office.
43% : When confronted in a recent NBC News interview about the dozens of people who have pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement, Trump responded: "Because they had no choice.
41% : In short: little to none."One defendant who convinced a judge to postpone his trial, William Pope, told the court that the "American people gave President Trump a mandate to carry out the agenda he campaigned on, which includes ending the January 6 prosecutions and pardoning those who exercised First Amendment rights at the Capitol."
40% : Here's a look at where the prosecutions stand on the fourth anniversary of the Capitol riot and what could happen next:Hundreds of arrests, guilty pleas and prison sentencesMore than 1,500 people across the U.S. have been charged with federal crimes related to the deadly riot.
39% : a letter dated Monday to Trump, a lawyer for Tarrio urged the president-elect to pardon the former Proud Boys leader, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy.
39% : "One defendant who convinced a judge to postpone his trial, William Pope, told the court that the "American people gave President Trump a mandate to carry out the agenda he campaigned on, which includes ending the January 6 prosecutions and pardoning those who exercised First Amendment rights at the Capitol."
36% : When confronted in a recent NBC News interview about the dozens of people who have pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement, Trump responded: "Because they had no choice."In a letter dated Monday to Trump, a lawyer for Tarrio urged the president-elect to pardon the former Proud Boys leader, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy.
35% : A California man with a history of political violence got 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the riot.
35% : A California man with a history of political violence got 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the riot.
31% : Leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys extremist groups were convicted of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors described as plots to use violence to stop the peaceful transfer of power from Trump, a Republican, to Joe Biden, a Democrat.
31% : Leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys extremist groups were convicted of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors described as plots to use violence to stop the peaceful transfer of power from Trump, a Republican, to Joe Biden, a Democrat.
5% : U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, has said it would be "beyond frustrating and disappointing" if Trump hands out mass pardons to rioters.
5% : U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, has said it would be "beyond frustrating and disappointing" if Trump hands out mass pardons to rioters.

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