“A PARDON IS A PARDON”: Rep. Chip Roy DEMANDS the Release of Pardoned J6 Defendants While At D.C. Jail

Congressman Chip Roy, representing Texas’ 21st Congressional District and serving on the House Judiciary, Rules, and Budget Committees, joined The Guy Benson Show as Policy Chair of the House Freedom Caucus. Rep. Roy discussed Trump’s swift actions on his first day in office, particularly his decisive focus on addressing the border and drug cartel crises. Roy contrasted Biden’s self-serving last-minute pardons of his pardons with Trump’s meaningful first pardons of many J6 defendants, underscoring the differences in their leadership priorities. Additionally, while speaking with guest host Harry Hurley, Rep. Roy arrived to the DC jail to demand the release of the now pardoned defendants, and you can listen to the full interview below!

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Rep. Roy had this to say on the still-jailed J6 defendants:

“Well, I mean, that’s why I’m literally I’ve just parked at the jail. I’m going to walk up as soon as I hang up because I want to know what’s going on. A pardon is a pardon. And you’re trying to catch all this up in paperwork or some excuses? Yeah. I don’t want any of that. Right. These guys have been in jail now or dealing with all of this nonsense for four years. And by the way, we all know that there may be a handful of people who did things they shouldn’t have done. Right. And that’s why I think there were a couple of commutations and not just blanket pardons. They went very specifically through all these as individuals. This is four years later. I want everybody to remember that the guy who burned a police station down during the Floyd riots got 27 months in jail. And many of these were career criminals. You got a bunch of people here who came down and were, you know, on the mall that day. And yeah, I think there were some things they did that were deserving of looking at, but not 1500 people being harassed and, you know, having the FBI knock their door down. And now they’re sitting here four years later. This was a politicized prosecution. Due process was tossed out the window and the president issued pardons. He’s got that power. And these guys should now honor that.”