According to The Washington Post, the Justice Department has charged an estimated 1,580 people with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot. Trump has already said that he intends to pardon many of them, even though polls indicate that a majority of Americas oppose that plan. (Support for mass pardons are more popular among Republican voters and Trump supporters, specifically.)
Prior to overseeing today’s joint congressional session, Harris recorded a message that exclusively premiered during MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “The peaceful transfer of power is one of the most fundamental principals of American democracy,” she noted. “Today at the United States Capitol, I will perform my constitutional duty.”
“As we have seen, our democracy can be fragile,” Harris added in a tacit reference to the 2021 insurrection. “And it is up to, then, each one of us to stand up for our most cherished principals.”
