Ex-speaker of the House of US representatives and the prominent democrat Nancy Pelosi criticized the decision of US President Donald Trump to have a pardon of 1600 people who participated in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, which he signed on his first day in the oval office. The corresponding application is posted on the Pelosi website.
Tonight, the president announced the pardon and mitigation of sentences to those who brutally attacked the Capitol and law enforcement officers on January 6. The president’s actions are an outrageous insult to our justice and heroes system, who received physical scars and emotional injuries, protecting the Capitol, Congress and the Constitution “- follows from the text.
The politician called the “shameful” fact that the president decided to make one of his main priorities “The abandonment and betrayal of police officers who risked their lives to stop trying to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power.”
“Despite the decision of the president, we must always remember the extraordinary courage and valor of the heroes of law enforcement agencies who were on guard and ensured the survival of democracy on that dark day,” Peloshi added.
On January 16, Pelosi spokesman said that the former speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress did not plan to attend the inauguration of Trump.
Pelosi was present at the first ceremony of taking Trump’s presidential oath on January 20, 2017, then being at the post of speaker of the House of Representatives.
After the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, Pelosi collapsed in criticism on Trump. She also played a leading role in initiating impeachment against Trump in Congress.