Trump pardons could benefit almost 50 from Michigan charged in U.S. Capitol riot crackdown

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : The group of defendants has grown in the four years since Trump supporters disrupted a joint session of Congress that was trying to affirm the results of the 2020 presidential election won by President Joe Biden.
58% : Meanwhile, Puma works in the auto industry for a company that has government contracts.
55% : There has been a pronounced focus on pardons in recent weeks amid comments by Trump and decisions by Biden.
47% : In an interview with The News last month, Puma said he is still a Trump supporter -- "100%.""I didn't feel tricked by Trump," Puma said.
40% : If Trump pardons rioters, one of the biggest beneficiaries from Michigan would be Wixom resident Michael Foy, 33, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who assaulted police officers with a hockey stick and a sharp metal pole.
38% : Almost 50 Michiganians, including some of the most violent attackers convicted of assaulting officers during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol, could be pardoned later this month when Donald Trump is sworn in as president.
38% : A review by The Detroit News of more than 45 federal criminal cases involving defendants from Michigan shows the range of people who could benefit if Trump follows through on vows to quickly decide whether to pardon some or all of the more than 1,500 people charged with Jan. 6 crimes nationwide.
34% : Executive action from Trump could benefit people charged with crimes, serving prison sentences or a federal form of probation, legal experts said.
32% : "Trump did not specifically say which of the rioters would receive pardons, but he said he would review the cases individually and said "a vast majority of them should not be in jail.
32% : Trump is foreshadowing pardons despite two recent polls that show most Americans oppose freeing people convicted of Jan. 6-related charges.
32% : His lawyer tried to delay the trial last month, noting, "Trump has repeatedly vowed to pardon January 6 defendants.
30% : If Trump decides to pardon Jan. 6 defendants convicted of violence, the group of Michiganians includes Justin Jersey, 34, of Flint.
28% : Puma is under court supervision for two years -- a punishment that would disappear if he were pardoned by Trump.
27% : Defendants have seized on the possibility of pardons in recent weeks by trying to freeze their criminal case until Trump is sworn into office.
21% : It is unclear whether Trump will pardon rioters convicted of violent crimes.
19% : A pardon for Puma, meanwhile, would follow his lawyer saying during the sentencing process that the Brownstown Township man felt "tricked" by Trump.
17% : "They've been in there for years, and they're in a filthy, disgusting place that shouldn't even be allowed to be open," Trump said.

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