'I would not be in favor of shortening any of the sentences for any of the people who pleaded guilty to crimes.'
WASHINGTON - Republican U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he opposes leniency for those who pleaded guilty to committing crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
"I would not be in favor of shortening any of the sentences for any of the people who pleaded guilty to crimes," the top Senate Republican said at a news conference, when asked about Trump's remarks at a rally on Saturday in Conroe, Texas. A frequent target for Trump's invective, McConnell also repeated his view that an 1887 law used as the basis for Republican Trump's attempts to overturn his November 2020 election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden should be changed. Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are moving toward possible enactment of reforms intended to prevent future attacks.
McConnell also took issue with those claims. "The election of 2020 was decided December 14 of 2020, when the Electoral College certified the winner of the election," he said.
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