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  • Former Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson says he'd accept White House pardon

    01/14/2025 9:43:16 PM PST · by McGruff · 51 replies
    CBS News ^ | Jan 14, 2025 | Ellis Kim, Scott MacFarlane
    Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi says if President Biden offered him a preemptive pardon for his role in leading the investigation into then-President Donald Trump's role in the 2021 Capitol riot, he'd accept it. Thompson, who was the chair of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, embraced the idea of a pardon in an interview with CBS News, saying Tuesday, "I'm from a part of the country where speaking your opinion used to cost you your life." "When I hear someone about to be sworn into the presidency of the United States say he wants to lock you...