Most back case-by-case Jan. 6 pardons, even 68% of Democrats
By
Paul Bedard
December 3, 2024 2:38 pm
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The public broadly supports pardons of defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots on a case-by-case basis, essentially the plan put forward by President-elect Donald Trump.
While the country generally approves of Jan. 6 pardons by a slight margin, many more back a selective process, including 68% of Democrats.
In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, 67% of voters back a case-by-case pardon that presumably would not include those charged with violence. Slightly more Republicans than Democrats back a blanket pardon.
Trump has been vague about just which of the estimated 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants he would pardon, but he has generally mentioned the hundreds who did not engage in violence and those ushered into the Capitol by police.
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