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In his first network TV interview since his election victory, President-elect Donald Trump discussed a wide array of campaign promises, including his plans for immigration, health care, and the Justice Department, during an interview with NBC News.
Trump reiterated one of his key pledges, vowing to pardon individuals jailed for their involvement in the January 6 Capitol events on his first day in office.
“First day. Yeah, I’m looking for these pardons,” Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker on Sunday’s “Meet the Press.”
Trump criticized jail conditions, which, according to several reports and eyewitness accounts including GOP lawmakers, are abysmal, and said those who pleaded guilty did so under duress.
“Look. I know the system. The system’s a very corrupt system. They say to a guy, ‘You’re going to go to jail for two years or for 30 years.’ And these guys are looking, their whole lives have been destroyed,” said Trump. “Yeah, I’m going to look at everything. We’re going to look at individual cases.”
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