Donald Trump expressed his belief that all members of the January 6 committee ought to be imprisoned in a lengthy interview with NBC, although he did not specifically threaten to utilize the Justice Department to carry out this goal.
In an interview on his day one plans that aired on Sunday, he told Meet the Press host Kristen Welker, “Honestly, they should go to jail.”
When asked about Liz Cheney, a Republican legislator who was the vice head of the committee and who backed Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, Trump said that all members of the panel need to be imprisoned for their actions.
Nevertheless, Trump demanded that neither Kash Patel, his nominee for FBI director, nor Pam Bondi, his choice for attorney general, target the committee members or any of his other political rivals.
Whatever she wants to do, that’s what I want. Regarding Bondi, he stated, “I won’t tell her to do it.”
When asked if he would bring charges against members of the Biden family, including President Joe Biden, he responded, “I’m not looking to go back into the past.”
My goal is to see our nation prosper. Success will bring retribution.
Like in 2016, the president-elect made news during his 2024 campaign by threatening to arrest his political rivals.
In a post on Truth Social in September, he most recently vowed to punish individuals who cheated, a reference to prominent Democratic figures including Biden and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Furthermore, even though he did not follow through on his stated threat to imprison Hillary Clinton after winning the 2016 election, his recent focus on appointing loyalists to high-ranking positions like the FBI and Justice Department has led many to wonder if the threats are sincere this time.
Trump maintained (and continues to maintain) that he was the legitimate victor, even after Joe Biden defeated him in his 2020 reelection campaign.
His unfounded claims of extensive fraud sparked a mob attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, when crowds of his supporters tried to stop Congress from approving the handover of power.
The Justice Department opened a now-defunct inquiry into Trump’s actions after his 2024 election victory, and on January 6, a bipartisan committee from Congress also began a probe.
Innumerable hours of video footage and testimony were gathered by committee members, who portrayed a horrific picture of the brutality that took place during the attack and the degree of knowledge that Trump and his crew possessed to foresee it.
Trump said that he will pardon some of the rioters on his first day in office in an interview that was aired on Sunday.
I’m going to move fast. Trump remarked, “First day,” before going on to say that they have been imprisoned for years and that the institution is dirty and repulsive and shouldn’t even be open.
Patel, the president-elect’s choice to lead the FBI, has urged the government to use both criminal and civil legal action against journalists. In addition, Patel has demanded that the FBI be disbanded after it looked into the Trump campaign’s purported connections to Russian agents in 2016.
In an effort to shield his family from some of that threat, Biden last week pardoned his son Hunter for all offenses he may have committed during the preceding 11 years.
Prior to his pardon, the adult son of the incumbent president, who has a history of drug usage, was set to be sentenced on tax and firearm charges.
While the president’s supporters criticized the president for giving the impression that his family members were treated differently, even though the facts of his son’s criminal case are undeniable, Trump and his supporters attacked the pardon as a sign of Washington corruption.
However, some of the president’s supporters contend that the action was required to shield the president’s family from political backlash from the next government.
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