Nancy Pelosi slams Trump’s ‘shameful’ pardons of Jan. 6 defendants

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., slammed President Donald Trump connected Monday nighttime for pardoning much than 1,000 radical progressive successful the Jan. 6, 2021, riots. 

Trump signed pardons for astir 1,500 defendants who were charged with crimes stemming from the onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol, fulfilling a committedness helium made successful December to enactment rapidly and pardon them. 

Trump besides commuted the sentences of six radical connected Monday, including the leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys extremist groups.

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But Pelosi called the determination "shameful," and said to retrieve the "courage" of instrumentality enforcement "heroes" who "ensured that ideology survived." 

"The President's actions are an outrageous insult to our justness strategy and the heroes who suffered carnal scars and affectional trauma arsenic they protected the Capitol, the Congress and the Constitution," Pelosi, who didn’t be Trump’s inauguration Monday, said successful a connection posted to X. 

"It is shameful that the President has decided to marque 1 of his apical priorities the abandonment and betrayal of constabulary officers who enactment their lives connected the enactment to halt an effort to subvert the peaceful transportation of power," Pelosi said.

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The Justice Department reported that astir 140 constabulary officers were assaulted during Capitol storming connected Jan. 6, 2021. That included instrumentality enforcement members from some the U.S. Capitol Police and astir 60 from the Metropolitan Police Department.

Trump announced earlier connected Monday astatine his inaugural parade astatine the Capital One Arena successful Washington, D.C., helium would contented pardons for the alleged "hostages." 

"Tonight I'm going to beryllium signing connected the J6 hostages, pardons to get them out," Trump said astatine the parade astatine Capital One Arena. "I'm going to the Oval Office and we'll beryllium signing pardons for a batch of people.

So far, judges oregon a assemblage aft a proceedings person convicted astir 250 radical who faced charges for their engagement successful the riot, and much than 1,000 had pleaded blameworthy to crimes arsenic of January. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.