1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

Nine people died in connection to the violent attack on our Capitol. More than 150 were injured. And even more were traumatized.2 And yet, Trump shamefully promised that one of his first acts as president will be to pardon the January 6 rioters who attacked our nation’s Capitol in support of Trump's lies about the 2020 election results. More than 1,500 people have been charged with crimes connected to the insurrection—and Trump has pledged to release hundreds of people convicted of attacking the U.S. Capitol.3 Donald Trump does not care about easing the burdens facing everyday Americans—his priority is protecting himself and his MAGA loyalists. This is a dangerous abuse of power—Trump was directly tied to the violent insurrection, and he will do anything he can to avoid accountability. Trump will continue to sow division and stoke hatred, conspiracy theories, and violence in order to advance his own self-serving agenda. We can't allow him or his extreme MAGA base to be even more emboldened in believing they are above the law.