Donald Trump, On ‘Meet The Press,’ Again Pledges To Pardon January 6th Rioters, Says Liz Cheney And Other Committee Members “Should Go To Jail”

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In his first sit down interview since winning the presidential election, Donald Trump told NBC News’ Meet the Press that he still plans to pardon those convicted for their role in storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021, while he said that the members of committee tasked with investigating it “should go to jail.” “Honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump told NBC News’ Kristen Welker. “So you think Liz Cheney should go to jail?” Welker asked. “For what they did,” Trump responded, adding that he thinks “everybody” on the January 6th Committee should go to jail.

Cheney served as vice chair of the January 6th Committee, which concluded in 2022 with a criminal referral to the Justice Department over Trump’s role in the effort to overturn the 2020 election.

Trump said that he would not direct his FBI director or attorney general to do so, but “they’ll have to look at that, but I’m not going to — I’m going to focus on drill, baby, drill.

I’m going to look at everything. We’re going to look at individual cases.” In the wide ranging interview, Trump said that he plans to issue pardons to the January 6th rioters on his first day in office, adding that many of those convicted have been in prison “for years, and they’re in a filthy, disgusting place that shouldn’t even be allowed to be open.” Trump also vowed action on the first day in office to end birthright citizenship, and he reiterated plans for mass deportations.