January 17, 2025
Pam Bondi and the J6 Defendants
By Jonathon Moseley
Pam Bondi’s first confirmation hearing will likely ensure her confirmation by the U.S. Senate, but one exchange on Wednesday created or added to a controversy among MAGA-supporters and especially the community of January 6 defendants along with their families, friends, and supporters on principle.
The former attorney general of Florida is well qualified to be attorney general in the Trump administration. But Bondi’s confirmation hearing testimony let slip the mood from within the Trump transition team.
The controversy of the hour is whether Trump should pardon some January 6 defendants but not all. Bondi strongly endorsed the idea that anyone “accused” of violence against police must be considered one at a time, on a case-by-case basis.
Trump has repeatedly promised to pardon “all” January 6 demonstrators “on day one.” A few times, Trump has acknowledged that those who were violent toward police would have to be looked at more closely. But Trump correctly pointed out that January 6 demonstrators received sentences vastly longer, and some have already served more time, than most people prosecuted for similar behavior, such as brawling with police.
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