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Lauren Aratani

Trump says pardoning Capitol attackers will be one of his first acts if elected again

A mob of people breaks into the US Capitol.
More than a thousand people have been charged for participating in the 6 January 2021 riot at the US Capitol. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

Donald Trump has said one of his first acts if given a second presidency would be to pardon the insurrectionists who carried out the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, referring to them as “hostages” in a Truth Social post on Monday night.

“My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned!” Trump wrote.

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