Schumer blasts Trump’s J6 pardons as ‘un-American’
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said it was "deeply un-American" for President Trump to issue pardons for approximately 1,500 charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
"There is no other way to describe President Trump's pardon of Jan. 6th defenders than un-American," Schumer said. "It is so deeply un-American to do that, to pardon. And let's be clear, President Trump didn't just didn't just pardon protesters. He pardoned individuals convicted of assaulting police officers. He pardoned individuals convicted of seditious conspiracy. And he pardoned those who attempted to undermine our democracy." Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
Trump signed pardons Monday evening for approximately 1,500 defendants who were charged with crimes stemming from the riot at the U.S. Capitol, keeping a vow he made in December to move quickly and pardon them.