[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H654]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLEMENCY GRANTS

  (Mr. DeSAULNIER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeSAULNIER. Mr. Speaker, immediately after taking office, the 
current President granted sweeping pardons and commutations to over 
1,500 insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
  At least 174 police officers were injured while protecting the 
Capitol that day, and 5 officers who responded later died.
  One of the people the President deemed fit to be released from prison 
shot a stun gun directly into the neck of an officer, causing him to 
suffer a heart attack and sustain a traumatic brain injury. Another 
attacked officers with bear spray. After being released for these 
crimes, he is now at large for allegedly soliciting a minor in 2016.
  I was one of the last Members who was evacuated from this building on 
January 6. I have vivid memories, as many of us do, of the Capitol 
Police officers battered and exhausted but still defending us.
  The decision to grant clemency to many violent and dangerous 
individuals is an affront to our democracy, our justice system, and the 
brave police officers who defended us that day and every day.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask Members and Americans to reflect on this decision.

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