Rachel Maddow dug into the continued blowback from President Donald Trump’s full pardoning of all Jan. 6 rioters, including those who violently attacked police and ransacked the Capitol in 2021, on MSNBC Wednesday, applauding the federal judges who have taken a stand against Trump’s directive to dismiss the charges with prejudice.
“This is a debacle,” Maddow said. “I mean, it’s morally, it’s obviously a debacle, strategically, in terms of our country holding itself together, it’s a debacle. But it’s a political debacle.”
Maddow began the segment, watchable below, by highlighting federal Judge Beryl Howell’s condemnation of Trump’s controversial pardons. The judge wrote at length on the reasons why the pardoning of those who attacked Capitol police is a misguided effort, even