Hunter Biden clemency raises calls for Trump to ‘pardon all’ Jan. 6 defendants

Published December 2, 2024 5:20pm ET



President-elect Donald Trump is facing renewed calls from his most staunch allies to issue sweeping pardons for Jan. 6, 2021, defendants in light of President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden.

Trump has tiptoed around whether he would pardon all defendants from the Jan. 6 riot, though Biden’s recent pardon of his son could give the incoming president cover to pull off what some of his most die-hard allies are requesting him to do — blanket immunity for more than 1,561 people charged criminally as a result of the riot.

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