Lindsey Graham Stands Up to Trump on Jan. 6 Pardons

MAGA Turns on Lindsey Graham Over His Criticism of Trump’s Pardons
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham incited the fury of President Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters after describing the president’s decision to pardon more than 1500 Jan. 6 insurrectionists as a “mistake”—with one former prisoner slamming Graham as a “Republican in name only.
SC’s Graham on Trump’s pardons of violent Jan. 6 offenders: ‘That was a mistake’
Trump pardoned about 1,500 people who were charged for their actions during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. That number includes 172 who pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers. Graham, however, points out that Trump said he would grant the pardons if he was reelected.
Lindsey Graham Says Trump Was Wrong to Pardon Violent Jan. 6 Rioters
The South Carolina Republican told CNN that he “did not like” how Trump pardoned people who “beat up cops,” and suggested he would be open to curtailing the presidential pardon power.
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Lindsey Graham says President Trump pardoning Jan. 6 rioters who beat up police 'a mistake'
Trump pardoned over 1,500 people charged with attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, 34 of them from South Carolina.
‘I Don’t Like It!’: Lindsey Graham Stands Up to Trump on Jan. 6 Pardons
Republican senator Lindsey Graham has accused President Donald Trump of “sending the wrong signal” to violent criminals after some 1,500 Capitol rioters were pardoned earlier this week. In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on State of the Union on Sunday,
Lindsey Graham: 'Wrong signal' to pardon those who assaulted police
Lindsey Graham on Sunday said President Donald Trump sent "the wrong signal" in pardoning Jan. 6 rioters who violently assaulted police officers. Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union," the South Carolina Republican said: "When you pardon people who attack police officers,
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