INVESTIGATIONS/PARDONS: “Among the many revelations surfaced in the ongoing hearing by the U.S. House committee investigating the riots of Jan. 6, 2021 is that a group of House Republicans — including Reps. Mo Brooks, Matt Gaetz, Andy Biggs, Louie Gohmert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Scott Perry — sought pardons from former President Donald Trump in his final weeks in office…
None of those mentioned in the hearing actually did secure a pardon, though Trump granted 143 pardons and 94 commutations during his time in office.”
-Virginia Chamlee, “Several House Republicans Allegedly Asked Donald Trump for a Pardon Before He Left the White House,” people.com, June 24, 2022