President Donald Trump recently sat down with Newsmax's Greg Kelly, where he was asked about the possibility of compensating individuals convicted in connection with the January 6 Capitol riot.
During the interview, Kelly posed the question: “Is there any talk of — cause they lost opportunity, they lost income — any kind of compensation fund or anything like that?"
Trump responded by confirming that discussions were taking place, stating, “Well, there’s talk about that. We have a lot of people … a lot of the people that are in government now talk about it because … really like that group of people. They were patriots as far as I was concerned.”
His remarks follow his previous pledge to offer clemency to approximately 1,500 individuals, including those convicted of violent offenses during the riot, which caused an estimated $1.5 million in damages.
Trump also defended the rioters, calling their treatment "outrageous" and "unfair." He added, “Some of them didn’t even go into the building.”
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