[krapp]

They probably didn't care because they assumed they would all be pardoned after Trump took over.

[CharlesW]

For the naysayers, a "trump pardon capitol rioters" search will illustrate that this is exactly what many (most?) capitol rioters assumed.

[jliptzin]

In that scenario there wouldn’t even be a need for him to issue pardons

[dragontamer]

Trump was still President for a few weeks after January 6th. A lot of the capital invaders thought that Trump would pardon them, win or lose. You can see it from their court cases.

[jliptzin]

By “take over” the grandparent post means Trump would have become our dictator for life, no pardon would be issued because they would never be charged with a crime.