“With President-elect Donald Trump set to take office in less than a week, members of the Jan. 6 Select Committee and White House are privately discussing whether to issue presidential pardons to lawmakers who served on the panel,” Punchbowl News reports.
“In an interview, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who chaired the Jan.
6 committee, said he spoke to the White House counsel’s office last month about the issue. Thompson noted that he hadn’t talked directly with President Joe Biden on the topic, but the veteran Mississippi Democrat said he’d accept a pardon if offered.”Said Thompson: “I believe Donald Trump when he says he’s going to inflict retribution on this. I believe when he says my name and Liz Cheney and the others. I believe him.”