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Sam Levine in New York

Donald Trump says he plans to pardon US Capitol attack participants if elected

Donald Trump urged his supporters to ‘fight like hell’ immediately before some of them stormed the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
Donald Trump urged his supporters to ‘fight like hell’ immediately before some of them stormed the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump said on Thursday he would pardon and apologize to those who participated in the deadly attack on the US Capitol on January 6 if he were elected to the White House again.

“I mean full pardons with an apology to many,” he told Wendy Bell, a conservative radio host on Thursday. “I will be looking very, very strongly about pardons, full pardons.”

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