Donald Trump's Allies Already Gave 'Confessions'—Legal Analyst

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GOP Congress members and others close to Trump reportedly asked for pardons following the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.

Allies to former President Donald Trump allegedly already gave 'confessions' in relation to their actions leading up to and on January 6, 2021, legal analyst Glenn Kirschner said on Friday.On that fateful day, a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S Capitol building in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. The riot erupted following claims from Trump that the election had been stolen from him via widespread voter fraud.

'The former prosecutor then cited instructive language from the Supreme Court in a 1915 case, George Burdick vs. the United States: 'Pardons carry an imputation of guilt. And acceptance of it, acceptance of a pardon, a confession of it. A confession of guilt.'Kirschner added: 'So we've got the confessions from the nefarious nine.

 

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