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We look forward to what the future holds, both in terms of the judicial process for our client and the broader political landscape under the new administration,
the lawyer wrote
I can’t say for every single one because a couple of them, probably they got out of control,
Trump said at a town hall last year, adding
It's principally restoration of your civil rights, your right to vote, your Second Amendment rights, and any other rights that you might have lost by virtue of the felony,
Shipley told the Washington ExaminerThe potential future exercise of discretionary pardon power, an Executive Branch authority, is irrelevant to the Court’s obligation to carry out the legal responsibilities of the Judicial Branch,
Howell wroteMr. Carnell, who was an 18-year-old nonviolent entrant into the Capitol on Jan. 6, is expecting to be relieved of the criminal prosecution that he is currently facing when the new administration takes office,
his attorneys wroteThe granting of pardons of convicted J6 defendants placed into question the current J6 prosecutions,
Heffner’s attorney arguedThe moment we win, we will rapidly review the cases of every political prisoner unjustly victimized by the [Kamala] Harris regime, and I will sign their pardons on Day One,
Trump said
History has shown that President Donald Trump is not shy when it comes to exercising his pardon powers.”
In one case, attorneys for Terry Allen, a defendant awaiting sentencing, stated
It would be foolish not to,
McBride remarkedAny further action in these cases is not an ‘administration of justice’ in the public interest…but a belligerent disregard for the will of the American people.”
Kansas defendant William Pope, one of those seeking a delay, criticized the Justice Department’s pursuit of charges, stating
I expect the new DOJ leadership to drop all pending charges; it's not a pardon, it's a voluntary dismissal of the currently pending criminal complaint towards my client.
Speaking to DailyMail.com, her lawyer, Anthony Sabatini, said
I can say that, based on the President-Elect's comments (for instance April 30, 2024, in his Time interview), I believe that there will be a process set up by the new administration to process January 6 pardon claims,
Sager saidI don't think I'll have to ask
Speaking to DailyMail.com about whether or not she will be pardoned, Jones saidAnd, this campaign promise strikes me as very logistically difficult to fulfill, among other things
she toldWe’re going to end it on Day 1,
Trump said in May
I’m going to inform her on Day 1 or sooner that if they don’t stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I’m going to immediately impose a 25 per cent tariff on everything they send into the United States of America.”
Speaking about the new president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump saidOn Day 1, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history to get the criminals out. I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered, and we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail, then kick them the hell out of our country as fast as possible.”
Speaking last month at his Madison Square Garden rally in New York, Trump saidThey’re dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I’ll have that done — I’ll have that done in 24 hours.”
At a CNN town hall in May 2023, Trump said ... He said
Kamala is for they/them. President Trump is for you.”
His campaign ran an ad in the final days of the race against U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in which a narrator saidWe’re being invaded by Mexico,
Trump said at a rally in North Carolina this month