Sen. Bernie Sanders says Biden should 'very seriously' consider pre-emptive pardons
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday described President-elect Donald Trump's threat to jail members of the House Jan. 6 Committee as "an outrageous statement" and said President Joe Biden should consider pre-emptive pardons for committee members.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday described President-elect Donald Trump's threat to jail members of the House Jan. 6 Committee as "an outrageous statement" and said President Joe Biden should consider pre-emptive pardons for committee members.
"This is what authoritarianism is all about. It's what dictatorship is all about," Sanders said.
Asked on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” whether Biden should consider pre-emptive pardons for committee members — seven House Democrats and two House Republicans, then-Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill. — Sanders said, "Well, I think he might want to consider that very seriously."
Trump said last week on "Meet the Press" that members of the committee, which was tasked with investigating that Jan. 6 attack, "should go to jail."
He also said he would seek to pardon his supporters who were convicted for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying his supporters have "been in there for years, and they’re in a filthy, disgusting place that shouldn’t even be allowed to be open.”
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