Trump defends January 6 pardons in his first Oval Office interview of second term

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

94% : "When asked about the preemptive pardons issued by President Joe Biden, including for some Biden family members, Trump said it set an "amazing" precedent.
55% : But they are all solvable," Trump said.
54% : "They were very minor incidents, and it was time," Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview held at the Oval Office.
51% : Trump also said in the interview that he planned to visit North Carolina, which was hit by Hurricane Helene last year, on Friday and then California, which was hit by several wildfires earlier this month.
32% : They were protesting the vote, because they knew the election was rigged and they were protesting the vote," Trump told Hannity.
30% : Shortly after being sworn in on Monday, Trump signed an executive order that pardoned roughly 1,500 people who were involved in the January 6 Capitol riot.
25% : Trump has maintained his claim that the 2020 presidential election was "rigged" although no evidence has been found to justify it.
25% : "FEMA is going to be a whole big discussion very shortly because I'd rather see the states take care of their own problems," Trump said.
23% : And you know, the funny thing, maybe the sad thing is he didn't give himself a pardon," Trump said of Biden.
16% : During the pre-taped interview that aired Wednesday evening, Trump repeated many of the talking points he shared in his inaugural address and throughout his campaign, criticizing former President Joe Biden for his handling of the southern border, crime, and the war in Ukraine.

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