I am inclined to pardon many of them [January 6 defendants]. I can't say for every single one because a couple of them, probably, they got out of control. It will be a large portion of them and it would be early on.
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Derived from a tracked promise: “I am inclined to pardon many of them [January 6 defendants]. I can't say for every single one because a couple of them, probably, they got o…”
Sources
- ABC Newshttps://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-promises-free-jan-6-rioters-day-back/story?id=108050867 ↗
“"I am inclined to pardon many of them. I can't say for every single one, because a couple of them, probably they got out of control." Trump posted on Truth Social March 11, 2024 promising to "free" those "wrongfully imprisoned."”
- GovInfo (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents), Proclamation 10887https://govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202500112/html/DCPD-202500112.htm ↗
“grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021”
“President Trump on Monday granted clemency to roughly 1,500 defendants who had been convicted of crimes on Jan. 6, 2021.”
“"We're going to be asking everyone who sells drugs, gets caught selling drugs, to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts. Because it's the only way." — Trump, campaign announcement, November 2022.”
“"We're going to be asking everyone who sells drugs, gets caught selling drugs, to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts." — Trump, November 2022 campaign announcement.”
- GovInfo (Compilation of Presidential Documents), Executive Order 14164https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202500131/html/DCPD-202500131.htm ↗
“The Attorney General shall, where consistent with applicable law, pursue Federal jurisdiction and seek the death penalty regardless of other factors for every federal capital crime”
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney Generalhttps://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388561/dl ↗
“The policy set forth in the March 20, 2018, Memorandum entitled "Guidance Regarding Use of Capital Punishment in Drug-Related Prosecutions" is hereby reinstated.”
- p2016.org (Trump Gettysburg speech / Contract with the American Voter)https://p2016.org/trump/trump102216sp.html ↗
“Restoring Community Safety Act. Reduces surging crime, drugs and violence by creating a Task Force On Violent Crime and increasing funding for programs that train and assist local police; increases resources for federal law enforcement agencies and federal prosecutors to dismantle criminal gangs and put violent offenders behind bars.”
“expand access and improve the quality of training available to State and local law enforcement; increase pay and benefits for law enforcement officers”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-02-14/pdf/2017-03118.pdf ↗
“I hereby direct the Attorney General to establish, and to appoint or designate an individual or individuals to chair, a Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety”
“The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon, and I mean very soon come to an end. Beginning on January 20th of 2017, safety will be restored.”
“The number of murders in the United States jumped by nearly 30% in 2020 compared with the previous year in the largest single-year increase ever recorded.”
- Trump White House Archives (National Archives)https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-task-force-crime-reduction-public-safety/ ↗
“It shall be the policy of the executive branch to reduce crime in America.”
“On the Nomination (Confirmation Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General)”
- 2024 Republican Party Platform (American Presidency Project)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform ↗
“"Republicans will restore safety in our neighborhoods by replenishing Police Departments, restoring Common Sense Policing, and protecting Officers from frivolous lawsuits. We will stand up to Marxist Prosecutors."”
- GovInfo (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents), Executive Order 14288https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202500534/html/DCPD-202500534.htm ↗
“provide legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties”
- Roll Call / FactBasehttps://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-vlog-death-penalty-for-human-traffickers-agenda47-july-21-2023/ ↗
“"And I will urge Congress to ensure that anyone caught trafficking children across our border receives the death penalty immediately." — Trump vlog, July 21-22, 2023.”
- GovInfo (Compilation of Presidential Documents), Address Before a Joint Session of Congress, March 4, 2025https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202500325/pdf/DCPD-202500325.pdf ↗
“I've already signed an Executive order requiring a mandatory death penalty for anyone who murders a police officer. And tonight I'm asking Congress to pass that policy into permanent law.”
- Commission on Presidential Debateshttps://www.debates.org/voter-education/debate-transcripts/september-26-2016-debate-transcript/ ↗
“We have our inner cities, African-Americans, Hispanics are living in hell because it's so dangerous. You walk down the street, you get shot. ... We have to bring back law and order.”
“A driver's license works in every state, so it's common sense that a concealed carry permit should work in every state. If we can do that for driving — which is a privilege, not a right — then surely we can do that for concealed carry, which is a right, not a privilege.”
- U.S. Department of Homeland Securityhttps://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/04/secretary-noem-commends-president-trump-and-one-big-beautiful-bill-signing-law ↗
“$46.5 billion to complete construction of the border wall.”
- U.S. Customs and Border Protectionhttps://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/dhs-cbp-award-45b-new-contracts-under-obbb-smart-wall-construction ↗
“10 new construction contracts totaling approximately $4.5 billion were awarded in September 2025, which will add hundreds of miles of Smart Wall along the southwest border.”
- Congress.gov (Library of Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3004 ↗
“This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise provisions relating to the reentry of removed aliens.”
- p2016.org (Trump Phoenix Immigration Speech)https://p2016.org/trump/trump083116sp.html ↗
“We will triple the number of ICE deportation officers. Within ICE, I am going to create a new special Deportation Task Force, focused on identifying and removing quickly the most dangerous criminal illegal immigrants.”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-30/pdf/2017-02102.pdf ↗
“take all appropriate action to hire 10,000 additional immigration officers, who shall complete relevant training and be authorized to perform the law enforcement functions described in section 287 of the INA”
“Meanwhile the administration is under enormous pressure to deliver on its promise to boost deportations to some 1 million a year, after the Republican president's first year numbers fell short.”
- The White Househttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion/ ↗
“The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all appropriate action to jointly establish Homeland Security Task Forces (HSTFs) in all States nationwide.”
- The White House (archived)https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-president-donald-j-trump-house-passage-kates-law-no-sanctuary-criminals-act/ ↗
“the Senate to take up these bills, pass them, and send them to my desk”
- Office of U.S. Senator Rick Scott (senate.gov)https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/1/sen-rick-scott-joins-sen-ted-cruz-colleagues-to-introduce-stop-illegal-reentry-act ↗
“The bill would amend federal law to impose a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for an illegal alien who has multiple convictions, or a conviction for an aggravated felony”
“I would do stop-and-frisk. I think you have to. We did it in New York. It worked incredibly well, and you have to be proactive.”
- The White House (archived official transcript)https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-international-association-chiefs-police/ ↗
“I've told them to work with local authorities to try to change the terrible deal the city of Chicago entered into with ACLU, which ties law enforcement's hands; and to strongly consider stop-and-frisk”
“is not only not welcome -- it's antithetical to what we're working on”
- Roll Call / FactBase (Fraternal Order of Police speech transcript)https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-fraternal-order-of-police-charlotte-north-carolina-september-6-2024/ ↗
“"You're going to have the backup like you never had it before...We will give the heroes in blue the power to legally protect us...The day I take office is the day that Kamala's crime wave comes to an end."”
“Based on a sampling of preliminary crime statistics from 550 U.S. law enforcement agencies, the year is expected to end with a roughly 20% decrease in homicides nationwide, Jeff Asher, a national crime analyst, told ABC News.”
“Trump stated: "I will sign concealed carry reciprocity. Your Second Amendment does not end at the state line."”
- DickMorris.com (reproducing Agenda47 text)https://www.dickmorris.com/agenda47-president-trump-announces-plan-to-end-crime-and-restore-law-and-order/ ↗
“"I will sign concealed carry reciprocity" legislation so gun rights extend across state lines.”
“I will get rid of gun-free zones on schools, and — you have to — and on military bases on my first day.”
- Ammoland (republishing Trump campaign position paper)https://www.ammoland.com/2015/09/protecting-our-second-amendment-rights-by-donald-trump/ ↗
“We need to get serious about prosecuting violent criminals. Violent crime in cities like Baltimore, Chicago and many others is out of control. Drug dealers and gang members are given a slap on the wrist and turned loose on the street. This needs to stop.”
- U.S. Department of Justice (archived press release)http://web.archive.org/web/20260524162523/https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdil/pr/doj-charges-more-14200-defendants-firearms-related-crimes-fy20 ↗
“the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearms-related crimes during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020”
- U.S. Department of Justice, Project Safe Neighborhoods Annual Progress Reporthttps://justice.gov/psn/file/1336701/dl?inline= ↗
“The Department of Justice launched its nationwide violent crime reduction program Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) in 2001, and reinvigorated it in 2017.”
- The White House, Executive Order 14280https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/reinstating-common-sense-school-discipline-policies/ ↗
“Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall issue new guidance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and State educational agencies (SEAs) regarding school discipline”
- The White Househttps://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-reinstates-commonsense-school-discipline-policies/ ↗
“The Order requires new guidance to local and state educational agencies regarding school discipline, emphasizing compliance with Title VI protections against racial discrimination and preferencing.”