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Politico: Trump tried to wipe away Jan. 6. Republicans brought it back front and center. [View all]
Politico - Trump tried to wipe away Jan. 6. Republicans brought it back front and center.
Trump’s effort to erase the violent assault has opened up new fronts and skirmishes in Washington’s four-year reckoning with the attack.
By Kyle Cheney
01/23/2025 06:41 PM EST
Donald Trump tried to erase the Jan. 6 riot with his pardons. But his actions — and Republicans’ formation of the subcommittee reopening the issue — put it back in the spotlight.
Republicans are eyeing a two-year effort to re-litigate the violent assault on the Capitol even as they refuse to weigh in on Trump’s decision to pardon its most egregious perpetrators — some of whom judges view as a continuing danger to society.
Democrats are livid — and fearful — that people who targeted them for violence have been abruptly absolved, but they’re also quietly hopeful that Republicans’ decision to remind Americans of the carnage will exact a political price in the midterm elections. Capitol Police are quietly — and not so quietly — furious that their assailants have been set free.
The crosscurrents come as courts continue to process the dismissal of hundreds of Jan. 6 criminal cases on Trump’s order, with several complications arising for defendants who committed separate crimes — such as deleting evidence or fleeing from justice.
In short, Trump’s effort to erase the violent assault has opened up new fronts and skirmishes in Washington’s four-year reckoning with an attack on the seat of power. Trump’s inauguration may have led to an abrupt end of the criminal cases stemming from Jan. 6, but it has ignited a new focus on its meaning in a Trump-led America.
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Trump’s effort to erase the violent assault has opened up new fronts and skirmishes in Washington’s four-year reckoning with the attack.
By Kyle Cheney
01/23/2025 06:41 PM EST
Donald Trump tried to erase the Jan. 6 riot with his pardons. But his actions — and Republicans’ formation of the subcommittee reopening the issue — put it back in the spotlight.
Republicans are eyeing a two-year effort to re-litigate the violent assault on the Capitol even as they refuse to weigh in on Trump’s decision to pardon its most egregious perpetrators — some of whom judges view as a continuing danger to society.
Democrats are livid — and fearful — that people who targeted them for violence have been abruptly absolved, but they’re also quietly hopeful that Republicans’ decision to remind Americans of the carnage will exact a political price in the midterm elections. Capitol Police are quietly — and not so quietly — furious that their assailants have been set free.
The crosscurrents come as courts continue to process the dismissal of hundreds of Jan. 6 criminal cases on Trump’s order, with several complications arising for defendants who committed separate crimes — such as deleting evidence or fleeing from justice.
In short, Trump’s effort to erase the violent assault has opened up new fronts and skirmishes in Washington’s four-year reckoning with an attack on the seat of power. Trump’s inauguration may have led to an abrupt end of the criminal cases stemming from Jan. 6, but it has ignited a new focus on its meaning in a Trump-led America.
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