By Molly Goddard
2:13am PDT, Mar 28, 2025
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President
Donald Trump is considering giving pardoned January 6 rioters some cash.
During a Tuesday, March 25, interview with
Newsmax host
Greg Kelly, the commander-in-chief claimed there've been discussions between politicians in Washington, D.C., about compensating those who did jail time for the 2021 incident.
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"A lot of the people that are in the government now talk about it because a lot of the people in government really like that group of people," Donald Trump explained during the sit-down. "I took care of them. I said I was going to and I did."
After he returned to the
White House in January, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 defendants charged or convicted on counts tied to the event.
"These people are incredible people," he said. "They were treated so unfairly, so horribly. Some of them didn't even go into the building."
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Donald Trump also claimed he would look into the death of
Ashli Babbitt — who was shot and killed by U.S.
Capitol Police Lt.
Michael Byrd when she tried to breach one of the government buildings on the fateful day.
"Ashli Babbitt was a really good person who was a big MAGA fan, Trump fan. And she was innocently standing there — they even say trying to sort of hold back the crowd. And a man did something to her that was unthinkable when he shot her," the former star of
The Apprentice said.
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Donald Trump might want to make amends with his followers who stormed the Capitol, but a
Washington Post-Ipsos poll claims most Americans are opposed to the pardons.
"The president's least popular action is his decision to pardon all those convicted of crimes in the wake of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.
Capitol. More than eight in ten oppose the pardons for those who were convicted of violent crimes," the research shows.
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While Donald Trump is continuing to try to protect the rioters, the U.S. Justice Department is doing its best to keep the Republican leader from civil lawsuits by police and Democratic lawmakers who want to hold him accountable for the attack.
According to court documents obtained by
Reuters, on Thursday, March 21, attorneys for the department requested U.S. District Judge
Amit Mehta sub out Trump as a defendant in the litigation and have the
government take his place. They claim the former reality star was "acting within the scope of his office or employment" before and during the incident.
