Donald Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as rioters try to storm the U. Capitol on Jan. An initial press release did not include Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania as a co-sponsor, but reports on social media indicated he signed on. Murray will seek unanimous consent on the floor to pass the resolution. Only one senator needs to object to stop it from being adopted. Shortly before President Donald Trump granted clemency for the Jan.
Capitol and violently assaulted Capitol Police officers in their attempt to overthrow a free and fair election. States Newsroom asked 22 Republican senators how they felt about the pardons and commutations the day after Trump signed the order.
GOP Sen. Among the approximately 1, defendants, were charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement, including charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer. Of those charged, pleaded guilty to assaulting police β 69 of them pleading guilty to assaulting the officers with some sort of weapon. Investigators found that the rioters brought and improvised numerous types of weapons, including firearms, chemical sprays, tasers, knives, flagpoles and broken furniture.
Murray, Schumer, Murphy and Kim highlighted several specific cases of violent offenders pardoned by Trump. Here are a few:. Tyler Bradley Dykes , of Bluffton, South Carolina, was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for stealing a police riot shield and using it to obstruct and assault officers at multiple locations in the Capitol.
Robert Sanford Jr. Robert Scott Palmer , of Largo, Florida, was sentenced to just over five years in prison for throwing a wooden plank at officers and spraying the entire contents of a fire extinguisher at them before throwing it in an attempt to strike them. Prior to leaving office Jan.
