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Jeffries reacts to Trump's Jan. 6 pardons, interrupted prosecutions

Name: Jeffries reacts to Trump's Jan. 6 pardons, interrupted prosecutions
Uploaded: 2025-01-23T12:32:00-0500
Duration: 8 min 11 s
Description: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries slammed President Trump's call to pause ongoing prosecutions of some Jan. 6 defendants. This comes as Mr. Trump's pardons were applied to more than 1,000 convicted people involved in the Capitol attack in 2021. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries slammed President Trump's call to pause ongoing prosecutions of some Jan. 6 defendants. This comes as Mr. Trump's pardons were applied to more than 1,000 convicted people involved in the Capitol attack in 2021. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.