Trump Offers Insurrectionist Felons Full Pardons if He Is Re-Elected

Donald Trump’s pardoning a war criminal who was sentenced to prison in 2019 by the U.S. Marine Corp for stripping an Iraqi prisoner naked, interrogating him without authorization, and then shooting him twice.  This angered the vast majority of active-duty and veteran military personnel, not to mention the majority of U.S. voters, because the act was rightfully seen as a slap in the face to the entire military justice apparatus, and a statement that lawlessness should prevail if that’s the way Trump wants it.

Now, Trump and his power to pardon criminals is back in focus.  More than 800 insurrectionists have been arrested, tried, and found guilty of an array of crimes.  Many are now felons, serving prison terms of up to eight years.

Trump’s re-election will bring a great deal of joy to all these people, not to mention the millions of people who may get caught up in the justice system if they riot when their leader is indicted on charges of fraud, espionage, election tampering, witness intimidation, obstruction of justice, seditious conspiracy, or treason.