For many of those jailed for attacking the capitol hill, this is something the President-elect will certainly do.
Donald Trump, while campaigning, repeatedly called those who tried to overturn the 2020 election, patriots.
Derrick Evans, who the BBC talked to, is confident that his leader for whom he can do anything, will pardon him once he takes office on Jan 20.
Derrick Evans Talks To BBC
During a short interview with the British channel, Evans said Trump is a man of his word and he will be pardoned.
Trump has called the rioters “patriots” and “political prisoners” but the United States law enforcement agencies have actively engaged in arresting them for the chaos.
Dangerous Precedent
However legal experts suggest that doing such a thing will certainly make a mockery of the American judicial system.
It will set a dangerous precedent at a time when the political temperature in the US is going through the roof.
