Wait. Trump didn’t even have to name the people he was pardoning? So a future President could pardon all Republican Party members, their families, and close associates?
grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021;
Yes, the president has broad and basically unchallengeable pardon powers, and could do exactly that. The check against it is supposed to be Congress being willing to impeach and remove.
I think Trump* did name the people he was pardoning, he just didn’t name what he was pardoning them for
*And by “Trump” I of course mean whatever flying monkey lawyer he got to do all the research and writing for him, because the man himself is a dumb and lazy bastard
Nope. He specifically listed 14 people, but then just broadly pardoned the remaining people.
grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021;
Wait. Trump didn’t even have to name the people he was pardoning? So a future President could pardon all Republican Party members, their families, and close associates?
Correct. He listed 14 people, and then:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/
Yes, the president has broad and basically unchallengeable pardon powers, and could do exactly that. The check against it is supposed to be Congress being willing to impeach and remove.
For future crimes!
I think Trump* did name the people he was pardoning, he just didn’t name what he was pardoning them for
*And by “Trump” I of course mean whatever flying monkey lawyer he got to do all the research and writing for him, because the man himself is a dumb and lazy bastard
Nope. He specifically listed 14 people, but then just broadly pardoned the remaining people.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/
Rumor has it that he got frustrated with going through whatever determination process they were doing and said “fuck it. Release them all”
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-pardons-jan6-clemency