Jan 22, 2025 · Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defended President Trump’s sweeping pardons of those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including numerous people who violently attacked police officers.

Jan 22, 2025 · WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday defended President Donald Trump’s blanket pardon for hundreds of people who attacked police on Jan. 6, 2021, during the riot at the U.S. Capitol. “Everybody can describe this however they want. The president has the pardon and ...

Jan 23, 2025 · On Jan. 19 — the day before Trump signed the sweeping pardon — Johnson on NBC’s “Meet the Press” said rioters who assaulted law enforcement officers should not receive pardons but ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was asked about President Trump's pardons for those involved in the Capitol riot, including some for those convicted of violent crimes. Johnson described the ...

Jan 22, 2025 · House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Congress will be “looking” into former President Joe Biden’s pardons for his family shortly after defending President Donald Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6...

Jan 21, 2025 · WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he didn’t think people who committed violent offenses on Jan. 6, 2021, should be pardoned. Asked Sunday if someone who assaulted law enforcement should get a pardon, Johnson said “no,” then suggested he didn’t expect it to happen. “I ...

Jan 22, 2025 · House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke at a news conference Wednesday about the president's decision to pardon or commute the sentences for more than 1,500 people who were charged in the Jan. 6,...

Jan 22, 2025 · House Speaker Mike Johnson defended Pres. Trump's sweeping pardons of people convicted in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying, "We believe in redemption. We believe in second chances."

Jan 22, 2025 · House Speaker Mike Johnson commented on President Trump's Jan. 6 pardons as those affected begin to leave federal prisons. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.

Jan 19, 2025 · Speaker Mike Johnson and other Trump allies are trying to bury history. ... Trump has said he plans to pardon some of the rioters soon after lifting his hand from the Bible and assuming office. In ...