Trump's imminent pardons will green-light another wave of far-right violence
Granting clemency to the Jan. 6 insurrectionists won't just 'own the libs.' It will send a message that anti-democratic violence will have the president's blessing. With video

This year’s 4th anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol felt so ominous not merely because the man who organized and provoked it in an attempted coup is resuming power, but also because he is consecrating the mob with pardons.
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