Trump once again states he will pardon January 6 rioters and teases changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “America”

Donald Trump once again on Tuesday promised a “major pardon” for those involved in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, including those accused of violent crimes.

During a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump was asked specifically if he intended to keep a promise he made throughout his second-term campaign, to which he quickly replied that he and his team were “I’m looking into it.”

The president-elect first said that “24 or 28” people associated with the FBI have since been unmasked for their role in planning the riot, repeating the conspiracy theory that it was his own choice to head the FBI, Kash Patel. returned in 2022. He then claimed that Hezbollah was involved, but provided no evidence.

“So we will look at the whole thing, but I will make a major pardon,” he said.

Pressed later on whether he would pardon anyone who attacked police officers during the riot, Trump didn’t actually provide an answer, instead mourning Ashli ​​Babbitt, a member of the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, and then downplaying the case. regardless of whether the event qualified as an insurrection.

“It would be the only uprising in history where people rose up as insurgents without having a single weapon,” he said.

Elsewhere in the press conference, Trump once again criticized Mexico and then promised to change the name of the bay.

“We are going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the American Gulf, which has a beautiful ring,” he said. “It covers a large territory, the American Gulf. What a beautiful name. And it’s the right thing to do.”

You can watch Trump’s entire press conference Here.

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