House Judiciary Democrats are making the case that President Donald Trump’s more than 1,600 pardons could prove to be a major cost.
A memo Democrats released on Tuesday reports that the controversial, blanket pardons the president made at the beginning of his second term for Jan. 6 defendants, charged with taking part in the 2021 riot on the Capitol, could cost crime victims and taxpayers nearly $1.3 billion. A source familiar with the committee told the Washington Examiner that House Judiciary Republicans have not responded to the analysis.
“Whoever said crime doesn’t pay has certainly not studied the Trump administration,” House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said in a statement.
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The findings outline the amount each of Trump’s pardon recipients owed in restitution, forfeiture, and
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