The Jan. 6 Verdict Is In: The Rioters Lose, Even If Trump Pardons Them
While defendants may sneer and defense lawyers may preen, the nearly 1,600 cases have produced a record that will endure.
By MICHAEL SCHAFFER
12/13/2024
…“There’s a consequence of having a judgment in the case, in the age of electronic databases,” Shipley told me. “When it is entered as a conviction and sentence in a particular case, it’s dragged out into all kinds of publicly available databases, the kind you’re going to use for doing background checks of employment … And if that conviction’s not there, it doesn’t appear on someone’s background check. So there’s a real-world consequence.”
In other words, they may be pardoned, but the world will still be able to know what they did. The folks about to run the executive branch may not care. Yet even Attorney William Shipley, a stalwart who has represented 86 Jan. 6 clients, was acknowledging that plenty of others always will.
Trump is vowing to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. Allies and critics alike say he needs a refresher.
Trump’s interview with NBC News left those who follow the sprawling investigation concerned that Trump isn’t aware of the latest developments.
By Ryan J. Reilly
December 14, 2024
Trump’s interview with NBC News left those who follow the sprawling investigation concerned that Trump isn’t aware of the latest developments.
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…A person with direct knowledge of the Trump transition team’s planning said that instead of sweeping pardons for most of the participants, their understanding is that a few defendants were being selected who would be “very worthy of a pardon,” but that the process would then continue for a few weeks and months to vet the remainder. Another source familiar with the discussion said that they expect Trump to go big and broad with pardons, but that there were no indications he’d gotten into the details at all yet. The Trump transition team had no comment…
Supporters gather near the Ellipse at the White House to hear Donald Trump deliver a speech on Jan. 6, 2021.