Trump pardons about 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Trump commuted the sentences of more than a dozen people, according to his proclamation, including:The pardons cap a remarkable sequence of events that has played out since the 2020 election, when Mr. Trump mounted a scheme to overturn its results to hold onto power for a second term, as alleged by federal prosecutors and House investigators.
39% : "Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, who chaired the Jan. 6 select committee, said Mr. Trump cannot rewrite the history of Jan. 6."With these pardons and grants of clemency, President Trump has started his second term just like he finished his first: with lawless contempt for our justice system and our democracy," he said in a statement.
29% : "I have been betrayed by my country and I have been betrayed by those that supported Donald Trump," Michael Fanone, a former officer with the Metropolitan Police Department, told CNN.
23% : "Donald Trump, his enablers and all those who broke the law that day will never be able to erase the stain of their dishonor," he said.
20% : Washington -- President Trump on Monday granted clemency to roughly 1,500 defendants who had been convicted of crimes on Jan. 6, 2021, following through on his longtime promise to absolve those who participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol of wrongdoing.

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