President-elect Donald Trump's election victory is already beginning to elicit requests from his supporters charged in the Jan. 6 attack for delays in their cases.

Summary

Following Donald Trump’s election victory, supporters charged in the January 6 Capitol attack are requesting delays in their cases, hoping for pardons after his inauguration.

Attorneys for Christopher Carnell, 21, a nonviolent participant, cited Trump’s campaign promises to pardon January 6 defendants. D.C. District Judge Beryl Howell denied Carnell’s request for a delay.

Trump’s clemency promises and anticipated halting of the January 6 investigation by the Justice Department have raised hopes among defendants for relief under the new administration.

Over 1,500 individuals have been charged in connection with the Capitol assault, with many facing violent assault charges.

    • shonn@lemmy.world
      57·
      2 months ago

      The only people he pardoned last time were close friends and people that gave him a ton of money.

        • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
          38·
          2 months ago

          The president doesn’t need approval from Congress or Judiciary to issue a pardon. Trump doesn’t care about J6 convictions. They are suckers to him.

          • Nougat@fedia.io
            4·
            2 months ago

            These are people who have proved that they will commit acts of violence for Trump. He may consider them suckers, but they sure are useful suckers, and they’re more useful back out on the street.

            • njm1314@lemmy.world
              5·
              2 months ago

              He had already been impeached twice you really think he was worried about getting it done a third time? Much less there being time enough for it Besides you can literally pardon people up till noon on inauguration day. He could have pardon them all on his way out the door. He certainly pardoned a bunch of his rich friends.

          • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
            6·
            2 months ago

            Not to mention, these are people that have proven that they’ll try to attack the government if made angry enough. Now, it was Trump that got them angry on his behalf last time, sure, and few if any are likely to eventually change their minds and turn on him, but if you’re about to be the government and dont need these people anymore, is having such people publicly pardoned really the precedent you’re going to want so set?

    • djsoren19@yiffit.net
      13·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, but might as well have him in a cell for those months than free. What else are the courts going to do until January.