Mike Johnson argued for "redemption" while standing by Trump's controversial decision to issue a sweeping pardon for every single protestor on January 6th. The post ‘We Believe in Redemption’: Speaker Mike Johnson Stands By Trump’s Jan 6 Pardons Despite Past ‘Back the Blue’ Rhetoric first appeared on Mediaite.

Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that Congress will “look into” Joe Biden pardoning his family—but said Donald Trump’s clemency for Jan. 6 rioters was about “redemption.” The top House Republican also announced another select committee on January 6,

The president has the the pardon and commutation authority. It's his decision. It was a weaponization of the Justice Department. There was a weaponization of the events, the following, you know, the prosecutions that happened after January 6th.