Letter to the Editor | Blanket pardon of Jan. 6 rioters subverts the law, endangers society

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 6: Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Dear Editor,

Trump successfully skated away from consequence for the seditious crimes he was indicted for, not because he was judged innocent, but because he manipulated our legal system of justice with help from several corrupt judges and Justices. He even avoided punishment for the one crime for which he was found guilty — on 34 counts. Until Inauguration Day, these evasions from accountability were the most egregious attacks on the rule of law, and on our national security, that a public official has ever perpetrated against us.

Now, on Inauguration Day, Trump exceeded his previous deplorable, traitorous sabotage. With the blanket pardon of violent January 6 rioters, Trump has subverted the legal system required for civil society. Setting free those violent insurrectionists gives them immunity to become Trump’s unofficial violent enforcers of fear and corruption, just like Nazi brownshirts were.

On Day 2, the criminal must be impeached. Contact your Congressional representative.

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