DeSantis was asked about pardoning Trump and defendants in the DOJ's massive probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that if he was elected president, he would consider pardoning former President Donald Trump.Trump, who leads the GOP primary, is involved in multiple criminal investigations, including federal probes.Probal Rashid | LightRocket | Getty Images
The governor was also asked if he believed the next Republican president should look at pardoning defendants charged in relation to the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol. Interviewer Clay Travis noted that that stance could apply "from a grandma who got arrested and prosecuted too much all the way up to, potentially, Trump himself."
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