Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has promised that, if elected president, he would be “aggressive” in issuing pardons to Jan. 6 defendants, potentially including former President Donald Trump.
“On day one, I will have folks that will get together and look at all these cases, who people are, victims of weaponization or political targeting, and we will be aggressive at issuing pardons,” DeSantis said May 25 on “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show.”
When pressed on whether those pardons might include his top rival for the Republican nomination, the governor added, “I would say any example of disfavored treatment based on politics or weaponization would be included in that review, no matter how small or how big.”…