Yes, really. Here are the receipts.
While urging law and order in Minnesota, Trump had previously pardoned nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants, including people convicted of assaulting police. Critics say this undercuts his claims of consistent support for law enforcement.
Day-one clemency covered all 1,500-plus defendants — including roughly 200 who pleaded guilty to assaulting officers in a riot that injured more than 100 police. What Officer Michael Fanone said when a reporter told him...
The weapons documented in the covered cases run from flagpoles and bear spray to a tomahawk ax, and prosecutors knew a pardon might come. Why they say they pressed the cases anyway...