Schiff, Pelosi Complain About Trump’s Mass Pardon Of J6 Defendants

Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, both California Democrats, are complaining bitterly — and in hypocritical fashion — after President Donald Trump kept a campaign pledge to pardon the vast majority of Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants, the majority of whom were convicted of misdemeanors like trespassing on the Capitol grounds.

Though now-former President Joe Biden issued sweeping pre-emptive pardons to his family, members of the former House speaker’s hand-picked Jan. 6 Committee, a former joint chiefs chairman, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, those outrages paled in comparison to Trump’s pardoning of grandmothers and trespassers, according to Schiff, who appeared on former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki’s MSNBC program on Tuesday.

“There — there is so much I — I want to get to you — with — get to with you, Sen. Schiff,” Psaki began during a segment. “I just have to start, I mean, the — in the last hour, Donald Trump was in the Oval Office, which I see as a choice, and just pardoned 1,500 people convicted for the attack on our Capitol. You did so much important work on the January 6th Committee. You have never held back in talking about the impact of this on our country. What — what is going through your head right now?”

“It’s obscene. It’s a grotesque display of his new power as president to pardon these 15 or 1,600 people, which I have to imagine includes people that committed violent assaults on law enforcement,” Schiff — who pushed false conspiracies involving Trump and alleged ‘Russian collusion’ for years — began.

“It certainly includes, apparently, one of the leaders of the Proud Boys, rather fitting, sadly, that among his very first acts in office is to give a pardon to a white nationalist leader like that. So hard to imagine that we were sitting in the Capitol, the site of that attack, and hours later, the man who incited that attack pardons the people who participated in that attack. It really is a terrible way to begin, but not a surprising way to begin the new administration.” Watch the interview below.

In a post on the social media platform X, meanwhile, Pelosi called Trump’s action “an outrageous insult to our justice system.”

“Tonight, the President announced pardons and commutations of sentences for those who violently attacked the Capitol and law enforcement officers on January 6th. The President’s actions are an outrageous insult to our justice system and the heroes who suffered physical scars and emotional trauma as they protected the Capitol, the Congress and the Constitution,” she continued.

“It is shameful that the President has decided to make one of his top priorities the abandonment and betrayal of police officers who put their lives on the line to stop an attempt to subvert the peaceful transfer of power. Despite the President’s decision, we must always remember the extraordinary courage and valor of the law enforcement heroes who stood in the breach and ensured that democracy survived on that dark day,” Pelosi added.

Related Posts

Today, Nichole Blevins donates her “mama cells” to help her 11-year-old son Branson fight a rare leukemia. After many treatments, he now faces an experimental therapy using his mother’s immune cells to target his disease. The risks are high, but Nichole is hopeful. “Please pray for a miracle,” she says, knowing this treatment could help many others too. As the cells are collected, a family’s faith and hope hold strong—waiting for a miracle to happen. (check in the first comment👇)

Today is the day that carries the weight of hope, fear, and unwavering faith all at once. In a quiet medical facility nestled in the heart of…

19-Year-Old Air Force Academy Cadet Found Dead In Her Dorm… – Check the comments 👇👇

When 19-year-old Avery Koonce left her hometown of Tyler, Texas, to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy, she was full of promise. A track star and honor…

Her foot was swollen for years, finally she goes to the doctor, and he reveals the horrifying reason. Check the comments 👇👇👇

**Keep Your Arteries Healthy Naturally** Good blood circulation means your heart pumps nutrients efficiently through your veins and arteries, helping with digestion and the removal of carbon…

OMG!! The house where little Kyra lived caught fire and they couldn’t get her out.. See more

The search for little Tallyson comes to an end; he was found without a c… While details are being carefully reviewed, the primary focus has shifted to…

Sixty-Three Bikers Arrived Outside My Terminally Dy.ing Daughter’s Hospital Window At 7 PM

At precisely 7 PM, the deep rumble of 63 motorcycles filled the hospital courtyard. Engines thundered in perfect harmony for thirty seconds, then fell into silence. It…

Be careful! These are the consequences of sleeping with the…

Pimples on the chin are often linked to a combination of hormonal changes, lifestyle factors, and skincare habits. Here’s a breakdown of the most common causes: 1….