In Trump's pardons for Jan 6 rioters, a tale of two realities

The President first constructed a new political narrative and then bent the law to its direction in a rewriting of reality

Washington: President Donald Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to almost all those convicted of participating in the attack on the US Capitol, instructed the Department of Justice to drop cases against others who stand accused, and commuted the sentences of those convicted of more serious offences in an audacious attempt to rewrite recent history.

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20. (AFP)

In one of his first actions as the 47th President of the United States, Trump issued an executive order titled “Granting pardons and commutation