Jan. 6 lawmakers say pardon came ‘not for breaking the law but upholding it’

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the two leaders of the now-disbanded Jan. 6 committee, thanked President Biden for a pardon they said was “not for breaking the law but upholding it.” Just hours before leaving office, Biden announced he would issue pardons for all the members of the committee —...

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