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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Vance says Capitol rioters guilty of violence should not be pardoned

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JD Vance at Fox News Sunday in Washington DC. Photograph: Paul Morigi/Getty Images

Donald Trump supporters who carried out violence during the US Capitol attack in early January 2021 should not be pardoned by him after he begins his second presidency, JD Vance said on Sunday.

The incoming vice-president’s remarks on Fox News Sunday with host Shannon Bream slightly deviated from a prior promise by Trump to consider pardoning even those who acknowledged assaulting police officers, saying “a very corrupt system” left them with “no choice”.

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