Several Senate Republicans avoided making full-throated endorsements on Monday of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to pardon defendants who were charged for the Capitol riot that took place four years ago.
Senior Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), instead deferred the decision to Trump, who has said he plans to issue pardons to many of the nearly 1,600 people who have faced charges.
“The pardon authority is one that the president exercises, and we’ve seen President Biden obviously use it more broadly than any president in history, so it’s going to be a call the president has to make,” Thune said. “My assumption is that they’ll look at these on a case-by-case basis.”
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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who voted to convict Trump in 2021
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