Dear MoveOn member,
Monday marks the fourth anniversary of Donald Trump’s deadly January 6 insurrection.
And Donald Trump—who pledged to pardon the insurrectionists on his “first day”—is just days away from taking office.1
Kendall, nine people died and more than 150 people were injured as a result of the white supremacist attack on our Capitol.2
Law enforcement officials have charged more than 1,500 people with crimes related to the insurrection—but Trump has pledged to pardon them, continuing his pattern of promoting violence, corruption, and favors for MAGA loyalists.3
Shameless.
We cannot allow Trump to get away with pardoning his lawless and violent cronies.
That means that MoveOn must be ready to spring into action if and when Trump issues these pardons. We must be ready to show a huge and overwhelming public outcry against Trump’s pardons the moment they are issued.
The details of the January 6 attacks are harrowing. One insurrectionist, Jack Wade Whitton, violently attacked at least three people that day, shouting, “You’re gonna die tonight.”4
But instead of holding these violent insurrectionists accountable, Trump wants to celebrate and protect them by undermining the rule of law. Enough is enough.
Another insurrectionist currently in prison is gleefully awaiting his pardon, saying, “President Trump has our back just like we had his back on Jan. 6.”5
If Trump pardons the January 6 insurrectionists, it will send a terrifying message that Trump, and anyone who acts on his behalf, will never have to face the consequences of their actions.
We simply can’t allow that to happen.
Which is why MoveOn must be prepared to respond immediately to the pardons by exposing just how shameless, corrupt, and lawless they are. But we cannot power our campaign against the pardons without your help.
Thanks for all you do.
–Kelsey, Olga, Ratasha, Nakia, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. “Trump will ‘most likely’ pardon Capitol rioters on day one and says Jan. 6 committee members should be jailed,” NBC News, December 8, 2024
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-will-likely-pardon-capitol-rioters-day-1-says-jan-6-committee-me-rcna183275
2. “These Are the People Who Died in Connection With the Capitol Riot,” The New York Times, October 13, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/us/politics/jan-6-capitol-deaths.html
3. “The Jan. 6 attack: The cases behind the biggest criminal investigation in U.S. history,” NPR, January 3, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/09/965472049/the-capitol-siege-the-arrested-and-their-stories
4. “Man who bragged that he ‘fed’ an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison,” AP News, May 2, 2024
https://apnews.com/article/jack-wade-whitton-capitol-riot-sentence-32ca23ad4b637214ae21f637de17227c
5. “Jan 6. inmates from Georgia await pardon, release from jail: ‘We’re going home, boys!'” USA Today, December 31, 2024
https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/31/trump-said-hed-pardon-jan-6-rioters-these-georgians-could-go-free/77262174007/
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