Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
President Donald Trump has — for the second time — pardoned Dan Wilson, a militia member who joined the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 and was also convicted of illegally possessing firearms in his Kentucky home.
Trump had already erased Wilson’s felony conviction for his role in the riot when he issued his Inauguration Day pardon for all of the participants in the attack. But Wilson was one of a handful of Jan. 6 defendants who remained incarcerated for other federal crimes. He was due to be released from prison in 2028.
No Republican is ever allowed to say "we are a country of laws" ever again.
Pardoning the January 6 defendant a second time ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
I used to be a firm believer in “Do the crime, do the time” (within reason of course). Now, not so much. I see people’s lives being ruined for legit mistakes. First time offenders being punished like they’re career criminals, for making a bad decision.
Then you have these people, who were on national TV committing crimes BY CHOICE, getting pardoned and then pardoned again for crimes unrelated to their treason.
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