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Rather than accept accountability, those who perpetrated the January 6th attack have taken every opportunity to undermine and intimidate those who participated in the Select Committee in an attempt to rewrite history, erase the stain of January 6th for partisan gain, and seek revenge, including by threatening criminal prosecutions.”
The statement continued
My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics. Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end,
Biden’s statement saidWell, it concerns me in terms of what kind of precedent it sets and how the rest of the world looks at us as a nation of laws and justice,
Biden repliedThe Select Committee fulfilled this mission with integrity and a commitment to discovering the truth,
Biden saidI am optimistic that the strength of our legal institutions will ultimately prevail over politics,
Biden’s statement readThere is no presence of any nation in the world that interferes with our administration.”
Mulino rejected any notion, saying
I have taken responsibility for my actions, sought atonement, and am working to make a positive difference in the lives of the most vulnerable, including the homeless, those recovering from addiction, and those re-entering society."
According to a statement provided to the Courier Journal, Lundergan responded to the pardon by sayingI must reject in its entirety the words expressed by President Donald Trump regarding Panama and its Canal.”
Mulino responded in a Spanish-language statement sayingMr. President, I urge you in the strongest terms possible: Do not pardon Leonard Peltier or cut his sentence short. It would be shattering to the victims’ loved ones and undermine the principles of justice and accountability that our government should represent.”
Wray's letter to Biden ended
President Trump spoke directly to the issues that matter to these Americans.”
Asked by NBC News' Lester Holt if she agrees with the negative picture Trump painted of American life, Britt saidThe Canal was not a concession from anyone. It was the result of generational struggles that culminated in 1999, as a result of the Torrijos-Carter treaty and, since then until now, for 25 years, without interruption, we have managed and expanded it responsibly to serve the world and its commerce, including the United States,
Mulino said in his statementMr. President, those are qualities that I see in you,
Thune saidThis is the Donald Trump agenda that the American people want,
Donalds addedI was there. I didn’t see anything. I didn’t see any misconduct of any kind by anybody,
he said of the attack on the Capitol, which he called a “setup.” ... He saidThe Canal is and will continue to be Panama’s and its administration will continue to be under Panamanian control with respect to its permanent neutrality,
the statement reads
I talked to Melania, she said it the best: ‘America’s kind of sleepy; we’re awake.’ We’re awake and ready to go. Everybody’s excited about the opportunity here.”
Asked what he thinks of Trump’s return to the White House, Graham saidNo one out-pizzas the Hut."
In one post on X, Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" compared the first lady's hat to the Pizza Hut logo, writingRemember Trump’s character: He sat in his dining room watching on television as his supporters attacked our Capitol and brutally assaulted law enforcement,
she saidWe are going to continue to get justice. We are going to continue to get rectification. This is not revenge,
she said
We don't take an oath to a king, or queen, or tyrant or a dictator, and we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator ... We take an oath to the Constitution, and we take an oath to the idea that is America, and we're willing to die to protect it."
At his retirement, Milley defiantly declared