Jamie Raskin Warns Trump Pardons Are Fueling a New Wave of Political Violence

[ancianita]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries convenes a press conference amid the U.S. federal government shutdown entering its 21st day since October 1, 2025.

NPR news on this...
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/21/g-s1-94359/january-6-rioter-pardon-hakeem-jeffries-threat

... Moynihan was sentenced in 2023 to 21 months incarceration, 36 months supervised release. He received a full pardon, along with more than 1,500 other defendants who were charged with crimes related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021...

While many people had no record prior to committing crimes on Jan. 6, NPR identified dozens of defendants with prior convictions for crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking. That includes Matthew Huttle, who was shot and killed by law enforcement during a traffic stop in Indiana days after receiving a pardon.

Moynihan's arrest comes amid rising threats to lawmakers. The Capitol Police told NPR in a statement in September that its agents were on track to work through roughly 14,000 threat assessment cases by the end of the year, a dramatic spike from case workloads in previous years.

[hlthe2b]

1. Well, we are warned, but what are we to do?

No one has ever treated pardons like this and no President has ever cared less about the consequences.

[ancianita]

2. Understood. We have smart party leaders who care. Doesn't matter if the president doesn't.

Jamie Raskin will find a way to file for a major restraining order, or some other "attempted" charge, like assault.

[ancianita]

4. Are you serious? Who would? It's a flippant joke to commit torture, which is political violence.

Not cool. We're supposed to be a rule of law party. You do get that, don't you?