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Trump campaign says he will pardon Jan. 6 prisoners on ‘case-by-case basis’ if re-elected

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By Stephen Kokx
When I look at Portland, when I look at Minneapolis, where they took over police precincts and everything else, and went after federal buildings, when I look at other situations that were violent, and where people were killed, nothing happened to them. Nothing happened to them. I think it’s a two-tier system of justice
Donald Trump has clarified that if he is re-elected, he will pardon January 6 prisoners on a “case-by-case basis” instead of acquitting them en masse, as he previously suggested he might.
Trump sat down for an extensive interview with Time magazine last month. It covered everything from abortion and Operation Warp Speed to foreign policy and what a potential second term would look like.
Time asked Trump if he would “consider pardoning every one of” the more than 800 persons imprisoned for their actions in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021. He responded that he would “absolutely” consider doing that for the “J-6 patriots” but added, “if somebody was evil and bad, I would look at that differently.”
Trump also noted that “many of those people were ushered in [to the Capitol]. You see it on tape, the police are ushering them in. They’re walking with the police.”
The day the Time interview went to print, Karoline Leavitt, the national press secretary for the Trump campaign, issued a statement to NBC News.
“As President Trump has promised, he will pardon January 6th protestors who are wrongfully imprisoned by Crooked Joe Biden’s Justice Department, and those decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis when he is back in the White House,” she said.
Trump has commented on how he would handle January 6 detainees on multiple occasions. In a Truth Social post on March 11, he said one of his first acts as the 47th president would be to “Free the January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned!” At a rally in Conroe, Texas, in January 2022, he announced that, if he is re-elected, “those people from January 6” will be treated “fairly,” and “if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly.”
At the Pray Vote Stand Summit in September 2023, Trump vowed to pardon or commute the sentences of recently jailed pro-life advocates as well as “every political prisoner who’s been unjustly persecuted by the Biden administration.”
As previously reported by LifeSite, much of the footage released by the mainstream media about the events in Washington, D.C., were held back by the corrupt January 6 Congressional Committee, which included Deep State RINOs like Liz Cheney. Tucker Carlson previously observed that “taken as a whole” the “video record does not support the claim that January 6 was an insurrection. In fact, it demolishes that claim. And that’s exactly why the Democratic Party and its allies in the media prevented you from seeing it.”
GOP Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene has been one of a few elected officials on Capitol Hill to draw attention to the human rights abuses carried out against detainees over the past several years.
Trump told Time that the way January 6 protesters have been treated is far different from the way Black Lives Matters and Antifa rioters were in years past.
“It’s a two-tier system” he noted. “When I look at Portland, when I look at Minneapolis, where they took over police precincts and everything else, and went after federal buildings, when I look at other situations that were violent, and where people were killed, nothing happened to them. Nothing happened to them. I think it’s a two-tier system of justice. I think it’s a very, very sad thing.”
Trump also said that he “tried to stop” protesters from entering the Capitol. “I offered 10,000 soldiers and Nancy Pelosi turned me down. So did the mayor of Washington, she turned me down in writing,” he said.
Trump will face off against presumptive Democratic nominee for President Joe Biden this summer in a re-match of the 2020 race. At present, most polls show Trump is ahead in a number of key swing states.
International
Germany launches first permanent foreign troop deployment since WW2

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Germany activated a 5,000-strong armored brigade in Lithuania — marking its first permanent foreign military deployment since World War II. The move strengthens NATO’s eastern flank amid Ukraine’s ongoing conflict with Russia.
Key Details:
- The 45th Armored Brigade was formally launched outside Vilnius on Tuesday.
- Germany plans for the brigade to be fully operational by 2027 in Rūdninkai, near the Belarus border.
- The deployment marks a major policy shift for Berlin and a boost for NATO’s deterrence posture.
Diving Deeper:
Germany has officially entered a new era of military engagement, launching its first permanent foreign troop deployment since the end of World War II. The move, announced Tuesday, sees the activation of a 5,000-strong armored brigade in Lithuania as part of a broader NATO strategy to counter the perceived threat from Russia.
The newly formed 45th Armored Brigade was ceremonially inaugurated outside the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. German Brigadier General Christoph Huber assumed command, overseeing the establishment of a temporary headquarters and unveiling the unit’s crest. “We have a clear mission: to ensure the protection, freedom and security of our Lithuanian allies on NATO’s eastern flank,” Huber said, adding that the unit’s presence also directly contributes to the defense of Germany and NATO as a whole.
The deployment follows a pledge made by Berlin in 2023 — a decision that broke with decades of postwar defense policy rooted in military restraint. German officials had long avoided permanently stationing combat troops abroad. That posture has changed in response to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, which has turned the Baltic region into one of NATO’s most vulnerable frontlines.
Germany’s commitment includes more than just fighting forces. The brigade will also feature key support elements, such as a medical center, communications specialists, and command support units dispersed across multiple Lithuanian locations. Troops will initially operate out of temporary facilities, with a permanent base under construction in Rūdninkai, located roughly 30 kilometers south of Vilnius.
Currently, 150 German soldiers are already on the ground in Lithuania. That figure is expected to rise to 500 by the end of the year as the new brigade scales up operations.
Censorship Industrial Complex
China announces “improvements” to social credit system

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Beijing released new guidelines Monday to revamp its social credit system, promising stronger information controls while deepening the system’s reach across China’s economy and society. Critics say the move reinforces the Communist Party’s grip under the banner of “market efficiency.”
Key Details:
- The guideline was issued by top Chinese government and Communist Party offices, listing 23 measures to expand and standardize the social credit system.
- It aims to integrate the credit system across all sectors of China’s economy to support what Beijing calls “high-quality development.”
- Officials claim the new framework will respect information security and individual rights—despite growing global concerns over surveillance and state overreach.
Diving Deeper:
China is doubling down on its social credit system with a newly issued guideline meant to “improve” and expand the controversial surveillance-driven program. Released by both the Communist Party’s Central Committee and the State Council, the document outlines 23 specific measures aimed at building a unified national credit system that will touch nearly every corner of Chinese society.
Framed as a tool for “high-quality development,” the guideline declares that credit assessments will increasingly shape the rules of engagement for businesses, government agencies, and individual citizens. The system, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), has already played a role in shaping China’s financial services, government efficiency, and business environment.
Critics of the social credit system have long warned that it serves as an instrument of authoritarian control—monitoring citizens’ behavior, punishing dissent, and rewarding obedience to the Communist Party. By integrating credit data across all sectors and enforcing a “shared benefits” model, the new guideline appears to entrench, not ease, the Party’s involvement in everyday life.
Still, Beijing is attempting to temper foreign and domestic concerns over privacy. The NDRC emphasized that the system is being built on the “fundamental principle” of protecting personal data. Officials pledged to avoid excessive data collection and crack down on any unlawful use of information.
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