Trump addressed the topic in an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker. The incoming president had promised on the campaign trail to take action on the matter.
“I’m going to be acting very quickly. First day,” he said of his plans. “They’ve been in there for years, and they’re in a filthy, disgusting place that shouldn’t even be allowed to be open.”
Trump, having been a victim of a corrupt Justice Department himself, notes how the system was geared against the January 6th protesters in every way. He even suggests those who confessed to assaulting police officers were forced into their pleas.
“Because they had no choice,” he said.
“I know the system. The system’s a very corrupt system,” Trump told Welker. “They say to a guy, ‘You’re going to go to jail for two years or for 30 years.’ And these guys are looking, their whole lives have been destroyed. For two years, they’ve been destroyed. But the system is a very nasty system.”