The senator spoke to NBC News' "Meet the Press" after President-elect Donald Trump said members of the House Jan. 6 committee "should go to jail."

Summary

Sen. Bernie Sanders urged President Biden to “very seriously” consider pre-emptive pardons for members of the Jan. 6 Committee after Trump threatened to jail them.

Trump has also pledged to pardon convicted Jan. 6 rioters, calling their imprisonment unjust.

Sanders condemned Trump’s remarks as authoritarian, while some Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, disagreed with Trump’s proposal.

Committee members, including Adam Schiff and Bennie Thompson, defended their work, calling Trump’s comments an attack on democracy and the rule of law.

  • themaninblack@lemmy.world
    13·
    7 hours ago

    The problem with this plan is that you can never get all edge cases. It’s almost like Pascal’s Wager. Pardons should go away entirely, IMO. If there is a problem with the justice system, fix the justice system. None of this selective amnesty shit.