Trump fumes to Fox News that he 'can't even go after' January 6 investigators pardoned by Biden [View all]
Source: The Independent
Thursday 17 April 2025 19:49 BST
Donald Trump grumbled that he’s unable to “go after” the members of the House select committee that investigated the events surrounding the January 6 riots because of Joe Biden’s preemptive pardon, which the former president said he issued to prevent his successor from prosecuting them.
Besides raging about his inability to exact retribution on the lawmakers who probed the attempted insurrection and his role in inciting the rioters, Trump also patted himself on the back for pardoning most of those convicted of crimes related to the Capitol attack.
In the second part of his interview with Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, which aired on the conservative network’s Spanish-language show Fox Noticias, the president was asked about his promise to release all the Justice Department’s files on deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
“I know Judicial Watch is suing to obtain Jeffrey Epstein's files. Can you give us an update?” Campos-Duffy asked, prompting the president to say that he wants to “release it” in full. MAGA acolytes have been obsessed over the so-called “Epstein Files” for years, and were furious when Attorney General Pam Bondi's much-hyped release of the documents revealed nothing new.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-biden-pardon-jan-6-committee-fox-b2735356.html
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