Donald Trump promises to ‘free’ Jan. 6 rioters on first day back in White House if reelected [Video]

Former President Donald Trump says one of his first acts if elected to a second term would be to “free” people convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, whom Trump continues to claim are “wrongfully imprisoned.”

He made that promise, presumably about using the presidential pardon power, on his social media platform on Monday night. It’s the latest example of how he has repeatedly defended those charged and convicted of crimes for their conduct at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump didn’t specify how many of the rioters he would pardon, though he said last year that “I am inclined to pardon many of them. I can’t say for every single one, because a couple of them, probably they got out of control.”

The Department of Justice announced last week that, to date, nearly 1,400 people have been arrested and charged in connection …