… everyone who attacked the Capitol on January 6, including 172 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers. How is that consistent with your pledge to always protect law enforcement? There's nothing inconsistent about that. The president's pardon powers, any president's pardon powers, are not limited. So when I say. And this Department of Justice says. And when the FBI says, like we're saying, and every US Attorney is saying, that if you assault law enforcement, we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. (05:25–05:32)
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Asserts that presidential pardon powers are not limited.
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