Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) on Tuesday renewed her call for President-elect Donald Trump to pardon those prosecuted under the Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) for participating in their civil unrest on January 6, 2021, in remarks delivered as attorneys representing January 6 defendants are reportedly filing to have trials moved or frozen due to Trump’s prior promises of pardons.
Greene confirmed in Tuesday’s remarks to CNN, which her team recorded and posted to the social media platform X, that she’s previously spoken with Trump about the release of January 6 defendants and noted his campaign trail promises to pardon them.
“This is something I’ve spoken to him about. He said it openly on the campaign trail, he will pardon January 6 defendants,” said Greene.
While some have speculated about which individuals Trump will pardon for allegedly trying to derail the certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory in 2021, Greene told the cable network she would like to see the president-elect pardon them all.
Greene stated, “I think they should all be pardoned. They’ve been serving, many of them, have been serving time in prison even before they were found guilty, of these, a lot of these are ridiculous charges,” before comparing the actions of protesters on January 6 to those of Black Lives Matter protesters who rioted following the death of George Floyd in 2020.
“They came in protesting the election, and some of them caused damage to the Capitol, some of them fought Capitol Police. That’s exactly what Antifa and BLM rioters did every single night in 2020,” said Greene. “It’s time to pardon these people. The federal government was politically weaponized against them. Again, it’s complete political bias to prosecute January 6 protesters and rioters but never go after Antifa and BLM.”
Her remarks come as CBS News reports a “wave” of lawyers representing January 6 defendants produce court filings citing Trump’s forthcoming second term, with many arguing Trump will pardon their clients or a new U.S. Attorney General will close the case against their clients.
The incoming Trump administration did not sway the DOJ in the case of Steve Baker, who this week pleaded guilty after prosecutors successfully opposed his motion to delay his trial until after Trump’s inauguration. Baker is a contributor to The Blaze who reported in restricted areas on January 6, but was not charged by the DOJ until last year.
Baker previously explained he entered a guilty plea to avoid a “shaming exercise” at trial and stated during his Wednesday appearance on The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, “The reason for doing that, quite frankly Michael, is because we believe that there’s pardons coming down the pike. My sentencing date was set for March 6 of 2025.”
He told Leahy, the editor-in-chief of The Georgia Star News, that U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper “actually closed out our session yesterday by saying to me, ‘Since I probably will not see you in March, I’m going to go ahead and dress you down now.'”
Watch Leahy’s full interview with reporter and January 6 defendant Steve Baker:
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Background Photo “January 6 Riot” by Tyler Merbler. CC BY 2.0.
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