Washington – Senate Republicans of the US on Tuesday blocked a resolution condemning pardoning for supporters of President Donald Trump, who attacked and hurt police officers rapidly when they broke into the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Democratic Senator Patty Murray asked for unanimous permission to resolution On the floor, but he met with the opposition of most Whip John Barrasso.
Unanimous consent is a common route that senators take basic resolutions, military nominations and other actions, but adoption can be blocked by only one senator.
A few hours after the inauguration on January 20, Trump arrived in prison for the 14 most stern criminals on January 6, including the leaders of the paramilitary groups of The Oath Keepers and proud boys. At the same time, he admitted “full, full and unconditional pardon” of the rest of around 1560 accused.
Murray, who represents the state of Washington, said that Trump’s decision about forgiveness of brutal accused is “really unthinkable attempting to erase facts that day.”
“This is a betrayal of law enforcement agencies that protected us all that day and dangerous support of political violence, saying to criminals that you can defeat cops in one whole life, if it serves Donald Trump,” said Murray.
All 47 democratic and independent senators co-financed a 19-lover resolution, which “does not confuse any pardon for people who were found guilty of the police assault.”
Biden also gave a pardon
Barrasso, a republican Wyoming, blocked the middle. He argued that “Democrats do not want a serious debate here about the use of the presidential authority of pardon,” because former president Joe Biden granted Thousands of pardons and travel before leaving the office.
“If they wanted a serious conversation, they would talk about pardoning Joe Biden, over 8,000 of them,” said Barrasso. “The previous president used his last office days to pardon 37 out of the 40 worst killers in the death cell.”
Biden set up record For the most pardoning and travel, admitting to thousands without violence drug criminals. A former president whose opposition to the death penalty is well documented, to work The death of a sentence for 37 federal prisoners who instead will take life sentences. He left three prisoners in the death cell.
Just before leaving the White House, Biden admitted pounded All members who sat on the Congress Committee to investigate the attack on January 6, as well as four police officers who testified in front of the panel.
He also prevented Dr. Anthony Fauci and the retired General Mark Milley, who were the target of Trump’s threat to revenge and threats from the general public.
Biden drew criticism at the beginning of December (*6*)pardonHunter, who was convicted of federal allegations of arms and pleaded guilty for tax violations. In the last moments of office, Biden has granted pounded five members of his family.
Assaults on the police
According to the Department of Justice, over 140 American police in Capitol in Capitol in Washington were injured that day.
Several other democratic senators spoke on the floor about specific seizures for law enforcement agencies on January 6 and four officers who He died by suicide on the days after the attack.
“How is it set to support blue? I don’t understand – said Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona.
States Newsroom He approached Almost two dozen republican senators a day after Trump issued a pardon to comment on brutality for brutal criminals.
With only a few exceptions, almost everyone refused to talk, rejected to criticize the pardon of Biden or said that they did not read the 334-drivers Trump to free the accused from their penalties.
Of all the accused, 608 was accused of assaulting law enforcement agencies, including 174 accused of using a deadly or threatening weapon or causing stern injuries to the official. Almost a third pleaded guilty for assaulting law enforcement agencies, and 69 pleaded guilty for glaring or improvised weapon, including furniture, which the riots destroyed in the capitol and their own rays by police officers.
Last updated 18:24, January 28, 2025
