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Rhiannon12866

(258,244 posts)
Sun May 10, 2026, 09:22 PM 17 hrs ago

Trump's J6th Pardons Reward Political Violence! - Glenn Kirschner



As a former career federal prosecutor, there are some things Donald Trump has done that I will never forget and that I will never put behind me.

We all know that Trump orchestrated and launched an attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, to try to retain power after he lost a presidential election. We know that in the aftermath of the Capitol attack, thousands and thousands of FBI agents and local police officers around the country, scores of prosecutors, paralegals, legal assistants, grand jurors, trial jurors and judges - tens of thousands of people - worked to hold accountable Trump's angry mob, the rioters, the insurrectionist. More than 1600 of them were convicted at trial or pleaded guilty to their crimes.

Then Donald Trump wiped it all away with the most unjust pardons in our nation's history. I won't forget that, I won't put it behind me. We shouldn't put it behind us as a country.

And even after Trump delivered those searingly unjust pardons, he wasn't done. He then he had his dirty DOJ leadership wrongfully terminate or demote FBI agents and federal prosecutors who did the hard work of the American people holding those rioters accountable for their crimes.

I just sat down with a former colleague and friend, Greg Rosen. Greg was the Chief of the Capitol Siege Unit - the unit at the DC US Attorney's office that put together the J6th criminal investigations and prosecutions.

We talked about what this nation has been put through by Donald Trump and where we might go from here.

I hope you enjoy this conversation with former federal prosecutor, Greg Rosen. - Glenn Kirschner - 05/10/2026.

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Trump's J6th Pardons Reward Political Violence! - Glenn Kirschner (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 17 hrs ago OP
On Jan6, Republicans recognized the violence and blamed Antifa. Norrrm 16 hrs ago #1
Great find! Thanks so much! Rhiannon12866 16 hrs ago #2
The Capital of the United States of America was sacked Gum Logger 7 hrs ago #3

Norrrm

(5,495 posts)
1. On Jan6, Republicans recognized the violence and blamed Antifa.
Sun May 10, 2026, 10:41 PM
16 hrs ago

On Jan6, Republicans recognized and acknowledged the violence and attacking police and blamed Antifa.

When it could not be denied that the perps were Trump supporters, they suddenly
became patriotic, peaceful tourists.

Funny how republicans ran away from their own peaceful tourists.

Needing pardons.
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Markwayne Mullin and brave republican men

Gum Logger

(420 posts)
3. The Capital of the United States of America was sacked
Mon May 11, 2026, 07:30 AM
7 hrs ago

How could the security forces of the country be so blithering in confident

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