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Edward Helmore

Kristi Noem backs pardoning US Capitol attackers to avoid ‘another January 6’

A woman wearing a pastel blazer stands in front of a podium
Kristi Noem speaks during an event held by national conservative political movement Turning Point USA in Detroit, Michigan, on this month. Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters

Kristi Noem, once a contender to be the Republicans’ vice-presidential nominee, has argued that people facing charges over the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol should be individually evaluated for pardons – so as to minimize the chances of a repeat.

“Each of those situations needs to be looked at separately,” Noem said on Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press. “What I have been very clear about is that we don’t want to see another January 6 again.

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