Jacob Sullum: Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 Capitol rioters will reverse genuine judicial abuses
On his first day in office, President-elect Donald Trump promises, he will pardon at least some of the 1,500 or so people who have been charged with crimes in connection with the riot at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He notes that most of those defendants were not violent and that they faced a lot of …