On Day One, President Trump issued an executive order pardoning over 1,500 people who were convicted for their actions on January 6th, 2001. The news was met with rounds of applause by the MAGA base and Trump compared these convicted criminals to the hostages being held by Hamas. Queens accident attorneys and other members of the legal bar are wondering if these actions are undermining the rule of law in the United States. Let’s explore.
What Crimes Did the January 6th Defendants Commit?
Many of the people freed by Trump’s executive order were found guilty by a jury of their peers for violent acts such as assaulting police officers. Their guilt was clear from videos showing them beating police officers with baseball bats during the insurrection on January 6th, 2001. Queens catastrophic Injury attorneys and Queens pedestrian accident attorneys handle civil actions but have studied criminal and follow the news. That’s why the majority of Queens accident attorneys condemn these pardons as threatening the rule of law in the United States.
Is This Action Unprecedented?
Like so many of Trump’s actions inside and outside of office, they expand upon powers in a way that’s never been done before. The pardon power of a President is broad, but never before has a President pardoned so many people convicted of serious crimes. It is even more egregious that these crimes were committed by his followers based on his incitement. That’s why so many Queens accident attorneys are condemning these actions.
Offensive Comparisons
Trump has compared the insurrectionists convicted for crimes related to the January 6th insurrection to the hostages taken by Hamas, even though these groups of people couldn’t be more different. The hostages taken by Hamas were completely innocent souls that were taken by a terrorist group. Many of the women were raped, and all of the hostages suffered from deplorable underground conditions. Let’s face it, this is like comparing apples and arsenic.
