{"id":1051819,"date":"2025-03-04T22:40:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T03:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051819"},"modified":"2025-03-04T22:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T03:40:33","slug":"trump-pardoned-violent-insurrectionists-that-brutally-attacked-police-officers-and-tried-to-defund-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-pardoned-violent-insurrectionists-that-brutally-attacked-police-officers-and-tried-to-defund-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Pardoned Violent Insurrectionists That Brutally Attacked Police Officers \u2013 And Tried to Defund Law Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Check his record: Donald Trump pardoned violent insurrectionists who attacked police officers on Day One of his second term, and he repeatedly tried to defund law enforcement in his first one. The reality is Trump doesn\u2019t care about keeping Americans safe \u2014 just pushing his dangerous agenda of revenge and retribution.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On Day One of his second term, Trump pardoned 1,500 January 6 rioters \u2014 including those who violently assaulted police officers.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/capitol-jan-6-pardons-trump-justice-department-8ce8b2a8f8cb602d5eaf85ac7b969606\">Associated Press<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cPresident Donald Trump has pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of assaulting police officers,<\/strong> using his clemency powers on his first day back in office to undo the massive prosecution of the unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s mass pardon protected violent insurrectionists from other dangerous crimes, stopping law enforcement from doing their job.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/26\/trump-january-6-pardon-judge-00206301\">Politico<\/a>: \u201c<strong>DOJ has abruptly broadened its view of Trump\u2019s Jan. 6 pardons.<\/strong> A judge wants answers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the heart of the controversy is the vague language of Trump\u2019s mass pardons for Jan. 6 rioters. \u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Jan. 6 defendants have repeatedly argued that the language is so broad it covers other crimes that have nothing to do with Jan. 6<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/25\/doj-trump-pardons-january-6-00206010\">Politico<\/a>: <strong>\u201cDOJ says Trump\u2019s Jan. 6 pardon covers man convicted of possessing grenades, classified info\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>REMINDER: During his first term, Trump oversaw the largest spike in homicides since 1905 \u2014 and possibly ever \u2014 and repeatedly tried to cut police funding.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In his first term, Donald Trump oversaw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2021\/10\/27\/what-we-know-about-the-increase-in-u-s-murders-in-2020\/\">largest single-year spike<\/a> in the murder rate in more than a century.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In his 2019 budget, Trump proposed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/2\/12\/17004432\/trump-budget-police-cops-hiring-2019\">50% cut<\/a> to a federal program that helped hire local cops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/110145950485940790\">demanded<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/donald-trump-calls-defunding-federal-police-arrest-new-york-rcna78301\">defunding<\/a> of federal law enforcement, while proposing using the FBI and Justice Department to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/donald-trump-wants-control-justice-department-fbi-his-allies-have-plan-2024-05-17\/\">go after<\/a> his political enemies.\u00a0<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump says he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2024\/05\/trumps-extreme-plans-crime\/678502\/\">withhold<\/a> federal funding from local police departments that don\u2019t adopt policies like stop-and-frisk or <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6972021\/donald-trump-2024-election-interview\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_term=politics_donald-trump&amp;linkId=414827952\">assist<\/a> in mass deportations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check his record: Donald Trump pardoned violent insurrectionists who attacked police officers on Day One of his second term, and he repeatedly tried to defund law enforcement in his first one. The reality is Trump doesn\u2019t care about keeping Americans safe \u2014 just pushing his dangerous agenda of revenge and retribution. 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