Newsmax's Greg Kelly: “Donald Trump pardoned vulnerable, not very powerful, regular, ordinary patriots. And it's awesome.”
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From the January 20, 2025, edition of Newsmax's Greg Kelly Reports
GREG KELLY (HOST): Thank you, President Trump. No one was demanding this. Very, very few people in the country. President Trump did not have to do what he did just a few moments ago for the January 6-ers. Conservative media, some were calling for it. Not everybody, to be honest. Only the most diehard, quite frankly, among us. Right? Who refused to forget. Now, there were people who were telling President Trump, you know, you really don't have to do it. You don't have to commute those sentences. You don't have to — you don't have to issue those pardons. He did. 1,600 people, 1,600 and counting. He's reviewing the cases. A handful have to be reviewed still. But the 1,600 people, we have all kinds of folks who walked out of federal prison tonight. It happened. It's happening.
One of the very first things he did as soon as he walks into the Oval Office, he signs the pardon. Joe Biden pardoned his corrupt family. Donald Trump pardoned vulnerable, not very powerful, regular, ordinary patriots. And it's awesome.
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KELLY: And they have started to come out of prison tonight. Now, remember, these people were over persecuted, over prosecuted, harassed. Remember the FBI storm troopers raiding the home of our friend Christopher Kuehne, a United States Marine who never harmed anybody on January 6th. He didn't break anything. He didn't hurt anybody. He didn't touch a law enforcement official. And look at that. Seven storm troopers show up at his house, a tank in the front of the house, a tank in the back of the house. Tonight, he is a free and clear man. And so is Enrique Tarrio.
Enrique Tarrio, the head of the Proud Boys, not a white supremacist. One of the biggest media lies of the past four years. Just a guy who was being a guy, exercising his constitutional rights. Who, to the extent he did anything wrong, it was a setup, a total and complete setup. This is glorious, in my opinion. Absolutely glorious. I am thrilled. And I am thrilled that President Trump is president once again.