Some of them physically assaulted policemen in the Capitol, [and] some of them are guilty of serious crimes before that day. For the President to give a blanket pardon to these individuals is something you cannot explain to the American people.
Dick Durbin: “Some of them physically assaulted policemen in the Capitol, [and] some of them are guilty of serious crimes before that…”
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Durbin criticizing the pardons of January 6 rioters.
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