Trump promises wild move on ‘day one’

News.com.au - 08/12
Donald Trump has doubled down on his promise to pardon his supporters involved in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol – vowing to do so on his first day back in the White House.

Donald Trump has doubled down on his promise to pardon his supporters involved in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol – vowing to do so on his first day back in the White House.

In his first formal television interview since his November election win, the president-elect told NBC he’s “going to be acting very quickly” to address those arrested over the attack which aimed to overturn the 2020 election result.

“First day … Yeah, I’m looking for these pardons,” Mr Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker on Meet the Press, in an interview which aired on Sunday US time.

“I know the system,” he said. “The system’s a very corrupt system. They say to a guy, ‘You’re going to go to jail for two years or for 30 years.’ And these guys are looking, their whole lives have been destroyed.

“For two years, t...
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