Trump suggests he will pardon Jan 6 rioters after Joe’s shock decision on Hunter – as pressure mounts to ‘let them all out’

Donald Trump made it clear on Sunday evening that he plans to use Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter to his own advantage, linking it to his own future controversial pardon of the January 6 defendants.

“Does Joe’s pardon to Hunter include the J-6 hostages, who have been held captive for years now? What an abuse and miscarriage of justice!’ Trump wrote this in his first public comments since Biden announced the pardon on Sunday.

That came not long after Fox News commentator Charlie Hurt made the connection.

“I think he should at least commute the sentences of all of them and pardon everyone who was clearly just following the person in front of them as he wandered around the capital,” he said. said.

‘Forgive them all. There were those who did more than just that. And I think he should commute their sentences and set them all free! One by one,” he said.

According to the Justice Department, 140 police officers were tortured during the attack on the Capitol, including 80 U.S. Capitol Police officers and 60 from DC’s Metropolitan Police Department.

Trump repeatedly raised the idea of ​​the pardon during his campaign. His new choice to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, has also taken over the case of the January 6 defendants. He also played “Justice for All,” a rendition of the national anthem as sung by the Jan. 6 defendants, at campaign rallies.

More than 1,200 people have been charged on charges related to January 6. Many fought with police officers. Others were accused of interfering with official proceedings on a day when Congress met to certify the electoral votes that made Joe Biden president.

Trump sees Joe Biden’s decision to pardon son Hunter as a symptom of a broken justice system that has been politicized by the liberal left, but did not directly criticize the president for the move.

Biden made the shock announcement Sunday evening that he would grant a presidential pardon to his troubled son, calling his prosecution “selective” and “unfair.”

In a statement, a Trump spokesman denounced what they called the Democratic-controlled justice system but did not appear to disagree with the decision.

“The failed witch hunts against President Trump have proven that the Democratic-controlled DOJ and other radical prosecutors are guilty of weaponizing the justice system,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung told DailyMail.com.

“That justice system must be restored and due process must be restored for all Americans, and that is exactly what President Trump will do when he returns to the White House with an overwhelming mandate from the American people.”

On Truth Social, however, he was a little angrier, questioning whether the same courtesy would be extended to those charged for their actions at the Capitol on January 6.

He wrote, “Does Joe’s pardon for Hunter include the J-6 hostages, who have been imprisoned for years now? What an abuse and miscarriage of justice!’

The president-elect’s stance toward Hunter has been a bit softer than many expect, given the hard blow Trump has delivered to Biden for his son’s foibles over the years.

Biden made the shock announcement on Sunday evening that he would grant a presidential pardon to his troubled son, calling his prosecution “selective” and “unfair.”

In October, Trump, who issued a slew of pardons during his four years in office and when he left office in January 2021, spoke out on the Hunter Biden pardon issue, with a response that surprised many.

When radio host Hugh Hewitt asked last month if he would consider pardoning Hunter Biden, Trump said, “I wouldn’t take it off the books.

“Look, unlike Joe Biden, despite what they did to me, where they came after me so viciously, despite what – and Hunter is a bad boy, there’s no doubt about it, he’s been a bad boy.

“But I happen to think it’s very bad for our country,” Trump said of what he considers politically motivated prosecutions and punishments, which he compared to his own experiences.