Do you think Trump would go so far as pardon the people who murdered the Capitol Hill Cop?

[Botany]

And if he did it would Fox and News Max talk about ANTIFA and BLM?

[Sanity Claws]

1. Only if they paid big bucks

He does nothing unless he gets paid.
Fox and News Max would change to fit whatever new narrative they have to come up with. They don't fear being inconsistent.

[Turbineguy]

2. Apparently

if they have $2 million each to give him, yes.

[tavernier]

3. Yes.

[Squinch]

4. If he thought there was something in it for him, no question.

[DeminPennswoods]

5. No

If we've learned anything about Trump over these last 4-5 years, it's not only is he consumed by his own ego, but he uses people for that ego gratification purpose, too. These rioters entertained Trump for an afternoon, they are of no use to him now making them irrelevent.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. The Barrier

They don't announce or arrest until Thursday.
While the pardon power is broad, I doubt even this SCOTUS would rule against a challenge to a mass pardon of people not even named.
If they haven't been publicity identified & charged, there's nobody to pardon.
Also, a pardon has to be accepted, which is essentially an admission of guilt.
For minor offenses, how many of these "patriots" are willing to admit they did something wrong?

[USALiberal]

11. Didn't carter pardon all the Vietnam draft dodgers? Nt

[50 Shades Of Blue]

14. Yup.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_4483

[greenjar_01]

19. Carter's amnesty specifically excluded certain classes of offender, though

It was a conditional amnesty. The same could be worked here, if Trump so chose: pardon all the misdemeanors, or pardon all the "disorderly conduct" charges for disruption. That would preserve the assault charges and the eventual murder charge when they figure out which particular cretin killed Officer Sicknick.

[captain queeg]

12. That's what I think too

Don’t see how you could pardon an ill defined group and he wouldn’t make the effort to learn their names. That said he might chose a couple stars like that shaman guy and pardon those.

[greenjar_01]

20. He could very easily pardon anyone accused under the specific misdemeanor sections

Unauthorized presence in the building and disorderly conduct/disruption of a proceeding. That would basically pardon many of the people charged currently, and clear anyone who was "just in the building" while preserving the more serious charges (the felonies, assaults, murder). It would also add an burden for the FBI, who would have to be able to show violence in order to look more closely at a potential charge. Right now, they can technically gaffle up anyone who can be shown to have been in the building.

It's certainly conceivable that he would take this route. To do it before the impeachment trial would produce serious risk for him, as the public outcry might give some fence-sitters the cover to convict. Trump will always put himself first, so it's unlikely in my view.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. So Challengeable

Pardons for people unknown? That seems the perfect situation to challenge the limits of pardon power.
They are not identified, they haven't been charged with anything, but they're pardoned?
Yes, he may try it, but I can see that action resulting in a SCOTUS challenge.

[JI7]

7. He would for money

[Wounded Bear]

8. There are no limits to his depravity, so at the right price he probably would...nt

[Cirque du So-What]

9. I think he'd do it gratis

as long as it pwned teh libz.

[dalton99a]

10. Law, morality, decency mean nothing to him.

[no_hypocrisy]

13. He would, except it wouldn't help his Impeachment defense.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

15. I think he's more likely to throw them to the wolves, since they failed in their mission, but

If whoever is left of his advisors pressures him hard enough not to, he'd do it just to prove he still had the power. So 50/50 chance in my mind.

[greenjar_01]

18. It's the ultimate in not paying your contractors

[50 Shades Of Blue]

21. And now I think of it, he's got to know that some of his "contractors" are calling

For his head now that it appears he's capitulated, so all bets are really off!

[AnnaLee]

16. Signed by noon and returned with AF1.ntp

[greenjar_01]

17. Remember the blanket amnesty for draft evaders from Carter?

It was conditional, and did not include certain classes of desertion or other crimes.

If Trump issues a pardon for Capitol insurrectionists, it will likely be restricted to the misdemeanors, or the specific charges for being in the Capitol and disorderly conduct, but exclude felonies, etc. I don't think Trump can pardon the assaults on officers without grave cost to himself, which of course is the only thing he cannot abide. Of course, it's also quite possible that the FBI and DOJ are holding off on those specific charges so they can be charged after Trump leaves office.

[milestogo]

22. Didn't the popes used to sell "indulgences"?

[dewsgirl]

23. Of course he would.

[bullwinkle428]

24. The news dump on Tuesday at midnight may be VERRRRRY INTERESTING, to quote

a "Laugh-In" character portrayed by the late Arte Johnson!

[Cosmocat]

26. Coin flip

he absolutely is brazen enough and whatever pardons he issues going out the door are going to be mind numbing, so he could do that broad pardon of them going that they talked about on Lawrence O'Donnell.

But, he has absolute contempt for the 10s of millions of red hat wearing fans of his in this country, and I can definitely see that he would let them rot, too.