'Was it a pardon?' Reporter approaches Trump on letting Jan 6 rioters off the hook

21 January

President Donald Trump did not clearly answer a question from a reporter who asked him Tuesday why he pardoned someone who confessed to assaulting a police officer, according to Mediaite.

During a press conference about AI infrastructure, NBC News' Peter Alexander asked the president, “You would agree that it’s never acceptable to assault a police officer?"

Trump said, "Sure."

"So, then if I can, among those you pardoned, D.J. Rodriguez, he drove a stun gun into the neck of a D.C. police officer who was abducted by the mob that day.," Alexander continued. "He later confessed on video to the FBI and pleaded guilty for his crimes. Why does he deserve a pardon?"

The president replied:

Well, I don’t know. Was it a pardon? Because we’re looking at commutes and we’re looking at pardons. We’ll take a look at everything. But I can say this, murderers today are not even charged. You have murders that aren’t charged, all over. You take a look at what’s gone on in Philadelphia, take a look at what’s gone off in L.A., where people murder people and don’t get charged. These people have already served years in prison, and they’ve served them viciously. It’s a disgusting prison. It’s been horrible, it’s inhumane, it’s been a terrible, terrible thing.

I also say this. You go to Portland, where they wrapped police officers, shot police officers. Nothing happened to anybody. You go to Seattle where they took over a big chunk of the city and people died. Portland, a lot of people died… And you go also, take a look at Minneapolis because I was there and I watched it. If I didn’t bring in the National Guard, that city wouldn’t even exist today. People were killed and nobody went to jail.

So, these people have always served a long period of time and I made a decision to give a pardon. Joe Biden gave a pardon yesterday to a lot of criminals. These are criminals that he gave a pardon to. And you should be asking that question. Why did he give a pardon to all of these people that committed crimes? Why did he give a pardon to the J6 unselect committee when they burned and destroyed all documents, which showed that they did what was wrong, not me?… Why did they get a pardon to all of his relatives? His brother, who made millions of dollars. All these different people. He gave pardons. That’s the question you should be answering.

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