Vance says Capitol rioters guilty of violence should not be pardoned

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump supporters who carried out violence during the US Capitol attack in early January 2021 should not be pardoned by him after he begins his second presidency, JD Vance said on Monday.

The incoming vice-president’s remarks on Fox News Sunday with host Shannon Bream slightly deviated from a prior promise by Trump to consider pardoning even those who acknowledged assaulting police officers, saying “a very corrupt system” left them with “no choice”.

“If you committed violence on that day, obviously you should not be pardoned,” Vance said to Bream.Yet, later off air, Vance assured that pardons remained on the table for at least some convicted in the 6 January 2021 attack.