Vance: Violent Congress Stormers Should Not Be Pardoned

The USA's incoming Vice President JD Vance believes it is "self-evident" that violent individuals who stormed the Capitol should not be pardoned, he says in an interview with Fox News.

» Published: January 12 2025

Vance: Violent Congress Stormers Should Not Be Pardoned
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Vance says that the question is very simple – those who "peacefully protested" on January 6, 2021, should be pardoned, while those who committed violent acts "of course" should not be pardoned. The Republican also said that in some cases, there is a "small gray area".

Incoming President Donald Trump said last December to NBC that he will pardon many of those who participated in the storming as soon as he takes office at the White House. He added, however, that there may be certain exceptions that he needs to take a closer look at.

More than 1,500 people have been charged with crimes after the storming, when over 100 police officers were injured and members of Congress had to hide from the masses that broke into the building when Congress was to confirm Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.

After Vance's statement on Fox News on Sunday, he went out on X and responded to critics who believe that he has not gone far enough to free all those who have been convicted.

"I assure you that we care about people who are unjustly imprisoned. Yes, that includes people who have been provoked and that includes people who have had a sloppy trial", he writes.

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