U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland addressed President Donald Trump’s recent promise to pardon individuals convicted in the Jan. 6 events
Garland was also asked about the possibility of people challenging the outcome if Trump does not win the upcoming election. He noted that anyone considering such actions should remember the more than 1,400 prosecutions resulting from the events at the Capitol on January 6.
Um I think our prosecutions have made clear what we think about people who try to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power, which is essential and fundamental element of our democracy. A quibble about whether we have 1500 or slightly less than 1500 but we have way more than 1400 now prosecutions and we have a substantial number of convictions. I think that’s shown to everybody how seriously we take an effort to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power.
The last January 6th, the coming January 6th and every January 6th after that, I want to make clear to anybody who is thinking about interfering with that, they can see what we’ve done with respect to the January 6th prosecutions and the justice department will continue to protect our democracy.
