Posted on 05/25/2023 12:39:18 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Florida governor and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (R) told conservative radio hosts Clay Travis and Buck Sexton on Thursday he would consider pardoning Jan. 6th rioters and former President Donald Trump if elected.
“I’m sure you agree. You have a law background. You’ve obviously been very aggressive legally in what you can and cannot do as a governor of Florida. Department of Justice, the FBI has gone after the January 6th defendants with reckless, I would say, abandon. A big part of being president is pardon powers. Do you think the January 6th defendants deserve to have their cases examined by a Republican president?” DeSantis was asked on the show.
“And if Trump, let’s say, gets charged with federal offenses and you are the president of the United States, would you look at potentially pardoning Trump himself based on the evidence that might emerge of those charges?” the newly announced presidential candidate was pressed.
DeSantis replied, “The DOJ and FBI have been weaponized. We see that. We see it in a variety of contexts, some of which you mentioned. Some of it is the FBI going after parents, going to school, board meetings.”
“Some of it’s how they treat a pro-life demonstrator, how they don’t go after people that are attacking pro-lifers and so what I’m going to do is I’m going to do on day one, I will have folks that will get together and look at all these cases, who people are victims of weaponization or political targeting, and we will be aggressive in issuing pardons,” DeSantis promised, adding:
Now, some of these cases, some people may have a technical violation of the law, but if there are three other people who did the same thing, but just in a context like BLM and they don’t get prosecuted at all, that is uneven application of justice. And so we’re going to find ways where that did not happen. And then we will use the pardon power, and I will do that at the front end. You know, a lot of people wait until the end of the administration to issue pardons. We’re going to find examples where government’s been weaponized against disfavored groups and we will apply relief as appropriate.
But it will be done on a case-by-case basis, because I think you’ve got to make sure that there’s a whole bunch of cases that don’t necessarily get headlines. But if people are being treated just because they don’t get on TV or something, they’re being treated disfavorably. They need to have a fair hearing as well.
“And that could be from a grandma who got arrested and prosecuted too much all the way up to potentially Trump himself. Is that fair to say when you analyze what the charges might have been brought on a federal level?” DeSantis was pressed, as the host again mentioned Trump directly.
“I would say any example of disfavored treatment based on politics or weaponization would be included in that review, no matter how small or how big,” DeSantis replied without mentioning Trump by name, but making clear he would consider pardoning the former president.
Trump has vowed to pardon Jan. 6th defendants dating back to January of 2022 when he told a Texas rally, “So many people have been asking me about it.”
“If I run and I win, we will treat those people from January 6th fairly. We will treat them fairly. And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly,” Trump added as the crowd cheered.
Listen to the full clip above.
Ron musta been listen ing to Charlie Kirk this morning.
Well Desantis himself would have to be pardoned for working with the deep state cabal.
What...so you would have President DeSantis NOT pardon Trump?
Isn’t he generous, except Trump has not been convicted of anything.
Whatever happened to presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law?
Yet.
I’m sick of Clay (voted for Obama Twice) and Buck shilling for DeSantis on their radio show. They had him on their show today again where he continued to repeat his canned talking points. They should have never been given the Libaugh slot.
Pardon him for what?!?!?!
And neither has Desantis been convicted of anything.....yet
*Limbaugh
Without 45’s endorsement, Florida Man has no chance.
None.
Bright future has gone out the window-
2028 is a fading mirage.
It could have so been different.
Irrelevant since DeSantis will never be elected anyway.
“Ron musta been listening to Charlie Kirk this morning.”
EXACTLY what I was thinking! When Charlie said that, I thought, “Wow. That’s sort of brilliant.”
Gee, Ron, maybe you can pardon President Trump on any potential Federal Classified Documents charges, but you can’t do a thing about the NY State case or the potential Georgia case, as they are state matters, not Federal.
“except Trump has not been convicted of anything.”
POTUS can pardon future “crimes”. Ford did it for Nixon.
Only poll in the world that Trump is not up by 30 to 50pts 🤔 Probably cause you blow the Jeb Desantis 24/7 and cut the line off on Trump callers are on than make fun of them! Clay is a Democrat Buck is CIA, which explains a lot. TRUMP 2024!— David McDonnell (@DavidMac35) May 25, 2023
Some people aren’t happy unless they’re bitching about something......just look at some of the comments right here on this thread. Lol!
Nice move, hopefully all Republican candidates can agree to consider doing the same.
Just listening to Clay and Buck. They got full blown woody over DeSantis.
They been airing Trumps indictment inevitable by June. Because oath holders leader was found guilty of sedition They are saying Trump will be indicted on same charges and will be in jail w/no bail. Aholes. pic.twitter.com/pziK3J7qsY— AsassinsCreed (@Countrydocsguy) May 25, 2023
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