Vice President-elect JD Vance said Sunday who he thinks should and shouldn’t receive presidential pardons for their actions during the riot at the Capitol on Jan.

JD Vance has ruled out pardons for violent Jan 6 rioters in an unusual split from Donald Trump. Mr Vance, who will be sworn in as vice president in just over a week, said those who “committed violence” as they stormed the Capitol four years ago “obviously” would not receive a presidential pardon.

J.D. Vance, the U.S. vice-president-elect, said the pardon question is 'very simple,' saying those who protested peacefully should be pardoned and those who committed violence shouldn't be. He later said there was a 'bit of a grey area in some cases.

At a news conference, the president-elect sought to blame the F.B.I. for the riot at the Capitol, echoing a conspiracy theory that is widespread on the right.

Heaphy noted that as a former U.S. attorney, he understands that accountability is designed to deter people from engaging in future criminal conduct. The egregious failure to hold Trump accountable, coupled with the incoming president's repeated promise to pardon the Jan. 6 attackers, "almost encourages" more violence, Heaphy explained.

On the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, convicted and awaiting defendants are making their final appeals for presidential clemency.

When asked whether Trump would pardon January 6 offenders charged with violent crimes, the president-elect responded by making claims about the FBI’s involvement. “I guess 24 or 28 people came now from the FBI—that came out very quietly,

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