Trump Vows To Pardon January 6 Defendants On His First Day In Office

Presumptive GOP nominee and 45th President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday night to announce some of his first priorities when he enters the White House on January 20, 2025, if he is elected in November. In addition to prioritizing some of his landmark campaign promises, like securing the southern border and increasing American oil production, Trump also said that he would pardon those who were charged for the events of January 6, 2021.

"My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free the January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump, who has repeatedly referred to January 6 prisoners as "hostages," made the comments following reports that the January 6 Select Committee repeatedly hid evidence to protect the narrative they wanted to push on the American public.

A report released by the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight revealed that the January 6 Select Committee promoted testimony from White House aid Cassidy Hutchinson that was inconsistent with testimony from others, notably a Secret Service agent who refuted Hutchinson's claim that Trump lunged for the wheel of the presidential limousine on January 6. The report also found that Trump had asked if more National Guard troops were needed ahead of the certification of the election, a fact that was not shared with the public by the January 6 Committee.

As reported by Newsmax, the U.S. attorney's office in Washington D.C. has imprisoned nearly 500 people who participated in the events of January 6, while over 1,350 people have faced charges for alleged crimes committed on that day. One of the January 6 defendants is Blaze Media journalist Steve Baker, who was arrested earlier this month for his reporting on that day. 

Baker is facing the following charges: Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.

"The prosecutor informed my attorney that I am to arrive at the FBI field office wearing 'shorts and sandals,'" Baker said about the order. "They didn't have to go this route, as we've been told that my charges are non-violent misdemeanors. They seem to feel the need to give me a dose of the personal humiliation treatment."

Baker, who entered the Capitol on that day through a doorway and not a broken window, has said that he did not riot or damage any property while inside on January 6. He, like other journalists on that day, was simply reporting on what was occurring. It is noteworthy to point out that a number of mainstream media journalists who were present in the Capitol on that day have not been charged.

Trump's promise to pardon the January 6 defendants would lead to Baker and the hundreds of others still carrying out their sentences to be pardoned of the charges brought against them. Read Trump's Truth Social post below:

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