re: Should Trump mention pardoning the J6 political prisoners while campaigning?

I've already announced that I will be pardoning people from J6.

My stance was that some knuckleheads went crazy and that they were going to get rolled up the feds. I'm quite confident there were knuckleheads and for some of them, the prosecution and sentencing were on target. However...

It's no longer that simple.

There is irrefutable proof that the government committed misconduct in these cases. We have 8th amendment violations, 6th amendment violations etc. They have gone after people for political speech and created a target list, rather than a righteous effort to attain justice.

There is bias on the part of judges.

None of this is acceptable.

I will direct the DOJ to demonstrate the fidelity of their work and how ironclad their evidence is - and if I find misconduct, lack of evidence, failure to disclose all evidence, bias, or constitutional violations, I'm going to intervene and that means commutations, pardons, halting of prosecutions, and dropping of charges. It also means accountability for those in the DOJ that skirted the constitution or committed other forms of misconduct. Same for the FBI.

This isn't about J6 - it's about justice.

In the Proud Boys case, the judge is ignoring FBI admissions of overt misconduct. In the meme case of the guy that made 'vote by text' memes in 2016, the government is denying 6th amendment protections.

All of this makes you ask: What else are they doing?

We have very serious issues in our justice system. It doesn't matter if it's J6, environmentalists, or any other group - things must be done properly.

Most disappointing in all of this is the federal bench. They bend over for the government every chance they get.