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Among the worst of Donald Trump’s deplorable executive orders was his pardoning of Jan. 6 rioters who attacked and brutally wounded Capitol police officers defending Congress, its occupants and democracy itself.
These incarcerated felons, who were legally investigated and arrested by law enforcement, prosecuted by career Justice Department prosecutors and convicted in courts of law that respected their constitutional rights, were gratuitously allowed to escape well-deserved punishment by a president fulfilling a campaign promise.
To be sure, everyone who voted for Trump bears responsibility for this outrageous nullification of the rule of law and respect for law enforcement and the American judicial system itself.
While they may have voted for him for other reasons, they knew he had pledged to release the Jan. 6 “hostages,” regardless of the betrayal to those brave, truly patriotic Capitol police officers and damage to the respect for law and order.
Francis M. Nakamoto
Moanalua
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