Mere hours after being sworn in as president for the second time, Donald Trump
pardoned (or commuted the sentences of) essentially everyone who had been
convicted of or was still being investigated for crimes as part of his attempted coup d’etat on January 6, 2021.

With these disgraceful and dictatorial pardons, Trump has in effect given MAGA
extremists license to commit political violence in his name without fear of
legal accountability.

Even among the nonstop litany of Trump travesties, these unjustified pardons
stand out as egregiously chilling and tyrannical.

Now, let’s talk about Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick to be our nation’s next Attorney
General.

Here’s what Bondi said just last week — during a Senate hearing over her
nomination — when asked if people convicted of violently assaulting police
officers on January 6 should be pardoned:

“Let me be very clear in speaking to you — I condemn any violence on a law enforcement officer in this country.”

Again, Bondi said that just five days before Trump let 1,500 of his fellow
insurrectionists, including those convicted of attacking police officers, out of
jail in a brazen and unprecedented act of totalitarianism.

A message for Pam Bondi: [[link removed]]

One week ago, you told the United States Senate and the American people that you
believe violence against law enforcement personnel is unacceptable. Surely you
are unwilling to serve as Attorney General — the chief law enforcement official
in the country — under the man who just let hundreds of people who attacked
police officers out of prison and back onto the streets. You should speak out
against Donald Trump’s unconscionable and dangerous pardons. And you should
withdraw your name from consideration to serve as Attorney General in his
administration. [[link removed]]

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- Lisa Gilbert & Robert Weissman, Co-Presidents of Public Citizen


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