President Trump issued a sweeping clemency order covering around 1,500 rioters for their role on the Capitol attack that attempted to block congressional certification of Joe Biden's 2020 election victory on Jan.

Graham — a longtime defender of President Donald Trump's — called out the move to issue blanket pardons for those charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The post Lindsey Graham Calls Out Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons as a ‘Mistake’ on Meet the Press: ‘I Fear That You Will Get More Violence’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Pardoning the people who went into the Capitol and beat up a police officer violently I think was a mistake,’ Lindsey Graham says

Trump pardoned about 1,500 people who were charged for their actions during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. That number includes 172 who pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers. Graham, however, points out that Trump said he would grant the pardons if he was reelected.

The South Carolina Republican told CNN that he “did not like” how Trump pardoned people who “beat up cops,” and suggested he would be open to curtailing the presidential pardon power.

The republican senator also laid into former President Joe Biden for pardoning "all of his family going out the door."

The Republican-backed candidate in Wisconsin’s pivotal state Supreme Court race says that he doesn't object to President Donald Trump using his power to pardon

Matthew Brackley of Waldoboro and Benjamin Bowden from Orrington were among the 15 Mainers who were pardoned for their role in the January 6th riots.