“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 in his response. ...
DeSantis replied, “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.”
The Justice Department said this month more than 1,033 defendants have been arrested as part of its probe of the Capitol riot. ...
DeSantis said he planned to use the pardon power “at the front end”
instead of waiting until the end of his term in the White House.
“We’re going to find examples where the government’s been weaponized against disfavored groups, and we will apply relief as appropriate. But it will be done on a case-by-case basis,” he said.
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